11.5% ▲ +28.6%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
6391, WA · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 6391, WA
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 11.5% of people in postcode 6391 were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, though it has seen a small increase in overseas residents over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries, making up 46.0% and 43.8% of the population respectively. Other notable roots include Scottish (11.3%) and Irish (8.3%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%, although this rose 2.6 percentage points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (76.9%), followed by England (3.7%) and New Zealand (2.4%).
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 6391, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6391/6391-wa/topic/ancestry-heritage