4.8% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Birnam · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Birnam
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background in Birnam, shared by 47.6% of residents. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with a very small number of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population identifies as Australian, followed closely by English ancestry at 42.9%. Other common backgrounds include Irish, German, and Italian ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.8% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and much lower than most similar areas. In line with this, 93.7% of residents were born in Australia.
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 Birnam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30263/birnam/topic/ancestry-heritage