12.7% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Amelup · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Amelup
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Amelup than in the rest of the state or country. Only 12.7% of the population was born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a community where the vast majority of residents were born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by British and Irish roots, with 49.3% of people claiming Australian ancestry and 42.3% English. Other common origins include Irish at 11.3%, and Scottish and Dutch both at 5.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The percentage of people born overseas is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. This is reflected in the birth statistics, where 81.7% of the population was 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 Amelup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50017/amelup/topic/ancestry-heritage