17.4% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
6442, WA · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 6442, WA
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in postcode 6442 as of the 2021 Census, where this figure fell by 5.9 percentage points since 2011. While 17.4% of residents were born abroad, the area remains predominantly Australian and British in its ancestral roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 35.4% and English at 30.5%. Scottish, Irish and German roots are also present, making up 8.2%, 6.6% and 3.7% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 17.4%, the share of people born overseas is higher than in most similar areas, though it is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (59.6%), followed by New Zealand at 8.5%.
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 6442, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6442/6442-wa/topic/ancestry-heritage