36.9% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ballajura · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ballajura
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing share of the population was born overseas, with the proportion of overseas-born residents in Ballajura rising by 3.5 percentage points since 2011. Now, nearly 37% of people here were born in another country, a figure well above the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 29.5% and Australian at 25.9%. Other significant groups include Vietnamese (6.5%), Irish (6.4%), and Italian (6.2%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 36.9%, the share of people born overseas is much higher than in most areas and well above the 32.2% seen across Western Australia. While 59.5% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are Vietnam (5.0%) and England (4.6%).
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 Ballajura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/504031056/ballajura/topic/ancestry-heritage