38.1% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
6051, WA · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 6051, WA
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English heritage is the most common root for people in postcode 6051, where 33.4% of residents claim this ancestry. This area is notably diverse, with more than a third of the population born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Along with English roots, 23.8% of people identify as Australian, followed by Irish (11.1%), Scottish (9.7%) and Italian (6.1%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 38.1% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. While this is well above the Western Australian average, the proportion has fallen 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
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 6051, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6051/6051-wa/topic/ancestry-heritage