25.9% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mandurah - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mandurah - South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Mandurah - South claim English ancestry, making it the dominant heritage in the area. Most residents were born in Australia, though the proportion of people born overseas has climbed slightly over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English heritage is the most common at 46.6%, followed by Australian (35.9%), Scottish (9.8%) and Irish (9.6%). German ancestry is also present for 3.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 25.9% of people were born overseas, which is a little below the national figure and well below Western Australia's 32.2%. This represents a 2.0 percentage point increase since 2011, with the most common birthplaces being Australia (67.2%), England (10.0%) and New Zealand (3.6%).
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 Mandurah - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/502011028/mandurah-south/topic/ancestry-heritage