3.4% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Alma · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Alma
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Much fewer people were born overseas in Alma than in most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong heritage of English, Scottish and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than half the population claims Australian ancestry (55.2%), followed by English at 31.9%. Scottish and Irish heritage are also common, making up 6.0% and 5.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most areas, with 80.2% of people 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 Alma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50014/alma/topic/ancestry-heritage