10.7% ▲ +31.6%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
6445, WA · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 6445, WA
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 10.7% of people in postcode 6445 were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This area is predominantly Australian-born, though it has a strong heritage of British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 44.0% and 40.9%, followed by Scottish (18.2%), Irish (11.9%) and Italian (10.1%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the share of overseas-born residents rose 2.6 percentage points since 2011, it remains far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Most residents were born in Australia (85.5%), with England and Italy being the next most common birthplaces.
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 6445, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6445/6445-wa/topic/ancestry-heritage