40.1% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Belmont · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Belmont
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Forty percent of people in Belmont were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area one of the most internationally diverse places in the region, with a population drawing from a wide range of global backgrounds.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 28.4% and 23.4%. Other significant groups include Chinese (8.8%), Irish (7.4%), and Scottish (6.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 40.1% overseas birth rate is well above the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and far above the Australian average of 27.7%. While 53% were born in Australia, the largest overseas groups are from England, India, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
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 Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50105/belmont/topic/ancestry-heritage