30.7% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Belhus · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Belhus
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A little more than 30% of people in Belhus were born overseas, which is a little above the national figure. This makes the area's international background much more common than in most similar areas. English and Australian heritage are the most frequent ancestries reported here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half the population identifies with English ancestry, at 44.3%, followed by Australian at 38.3%. Irish, Italian, and Scottish ancestries each make up around 7% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 30.7% of residents were born overseas, this is a little below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Outside of Australia, England is the most common birthplace at 12.1%, with South Africa also seeing a notable presence at 3.4%.
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 Belhus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50103/belhus/topic/ancestry-heritage