14.0% ▼ -40.7%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
6646, WA · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 6646, WA
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shrinking share of overseas-born residents has shaped the recent profile of postcode 6646. The proportion of people born outside Australia has fallen by 9.6 percentage points since 2011, leaving the area far less diverse than the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common, accounting for 23.0% of the population, followed by Australian at 13.6% and Irish at 5.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 14.0% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia (53.8%), with the next most common birthplaces being England and New Zealand.
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 6646, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6646/6646-wa/topic/ancestry-heritage