18.0% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
La Perouse · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in La Perouse
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in La Perouse than in most similar areas, though the overall proportion remains low. While 18.0% of residents were born outside Australia, this is well below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 25.1% and English at 21.0%, followed by Irish, Greek and Scottish backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the overseas-born population is higher than in most similar areas, it is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (69.1%), with England as the most common overseas birthplace at 4.4%.
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 La Perouse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12238/la-perouse/topic/ancestry-heritage