10.1% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
6517, WA · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 6517, WA
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in postcode 6517 compared to the rest of the state. Only 10.1% of the population grew up in another country, which is much lower than the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. This creates a community with very strong ties to Australian and British roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in the area claim Australian ancestry (40.8%) or English ancestry (37.1%). Other common ancestral backgrounds include Scottish at 12.8%, Irish at 8.6%, and German at 5.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 10.1% of residents were born overseas, a figure that has fallen 3.2 percentage points since 2011. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%, with 72% of the population born in Australia.
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 6517, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6517/6517-wa/topic/ancestry-heritage