8.9% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Beela · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very little has changed in the cultural makeup of Beela over the last decade. The area remains predominantly Australian-born and of British or Australian descent, with far fewer overseas-born residents than the national average.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 37.5% and 28.6% of the population respectively, followed by Irish at 5.4%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.9% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the Western Australian average of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (58.9%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 5.4%.
8.9% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Beela [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50096/beela/topic/ancestry-heritage