14.5% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wyalkatchem · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wyalkatchem
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Wyalkatchem, where 42.8% of residents claim these roots. The area has a strong tie to British and Australian origins, while a small number of residents were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestry are the most frequent, making up 42.8% and 36.2% of the population. Scottish and Irish heritage also feature prominently at 12.6% and 8.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 14.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Western Australia and the nation. This proportion has risen slightly by 2.0 percentage points since 2011, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 5.5%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Wyalkatchem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59330/wyalkatchem/topic/ancestry-heritage