26.6% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bassendean · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bassendean
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people in Bassendean were born overseas than in most similar areas. While 26.6% of the population grew up abroad, the community remains strongly rooted in British and Irish heritage, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 41.7%, followed by Australian at 32.4% and Irish at 12.4%. Scottish and Italian backgrounds are also common, making up 10.4% and 6.5% of the area.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 26.6% of residents born overseas is much higher than in most similar areas, though this is well below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Most people were born in Australia (68.4%), with England (7.3%) and New Zealand (2.8%) as the next most common 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 Bassendean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50078/bassendean/topic/ancestry-heritage