48.4% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Balga - Mirrabooka · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Balga - Mirrabooka
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all residents in Balga - Mirrabooka were born overseas, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This makes the neighbourhood far more diverse than the rest of the state and the nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (18.4%) and Australian (16.3%) are the most common ancestries. Other significant groups include people with Vietnamese (5.6%), Chinese (4.4%) and Irish (4.1%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 48.4% of people here were born outside Australia, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen by 5.4 percentage points since 2011, with the largest overseas groups coming from Vietnam (5.2%) and India (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 Balga - Mirrabooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505021085/balga-mirrabooka/topic/ancestry-heritage