41.1% —
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Perth (North) - Highgate · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Perth (North) - Highgate
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for people in Highgate, where 30.4% of residents claim this heritage. The area is notably diverse, with over 41% of the population born overseas, a figure far above the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian, and Irish backgrounds are the most frequent, making up 30.4%, 20.8% and 10.8% of the population respectively. Chinese (9.1%) and Scottish (8.8%) ancestries also feature strongly in the mix.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Forty-one percent of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. While 51.1% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are England (5.6%) and China (2.7%).
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 Perth (North) - Highgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/503021296/perth-highgate/topic/ancestry-heritage