5.6% ▼ -37.3%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
6718, WA · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 6718, WA
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.6% of people in postcode 6718 were born overseas, a figure that is much lower than most other areas. This makes the community far less diverse in its birthplaces than both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (8.4%) and Australian (8.1%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Scottish (3.3%), German (1.5%), and Irish (1.3%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents fell 3.3 percentage points since 2011 to 5.6%, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (88.0%), with New Zealand (1.7%) and England (1.4%) 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 6718, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6718/6718-wa/topic/ancestry-heritage