7.3% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Beenong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Beenong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of Australian and English heritage defines daily life in Beenong, where 61% of people claim Australian ancestry. The area is much more locally born than the rest of the country, with a very small percentage of residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is common here at 53.7%, while Irish and Scottish roots are both held by 7.3% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is lower than most areas, with 80.5% of residents 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 Beenong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50099/beenong/topic/ancestry-heritage