15.9% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Allanson · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Allanson claim Australian ancestry, creating a local identity rooted in long-term family ties. While English and Australian roots are the most common, the area remains far less diverse than the state and national averages.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (50.3%) and Australian (45.9%) are the most common ancestries here, followed by Scottish (13.2%), Irish (4.9%) and German (4.2%).
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 15.9% of residents were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (81.2%), followed by England (6.4%) and New Zealand (4.2%).
15.9% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Allanson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50013/allanson/topic/ancestry-heritage