11.1% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Balbarrup · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Balbarrup
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage for people in Balbarrup, where over half the population claims these roots. Most residents were born in Australia, and the area has a much lower share of overseas-born people than the rest of the state or nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prevalent, making up 51.4% and 45.1% of the population respectively. Scottish heritage is also common at 13.2%, followed by Irish and Italian roots at 7.6% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.1% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority were born in Australia (81.3%), while England (4.9%) and New Zealand (2.8%) are the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Balbarrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50052/balbarrup/topic/ancestry-heritage