10.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blythewood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blythewood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly one in ten residents were born overseas, placing Blythewood around the middle for similar areas. This is a modest figure compared to the rest of the state, with most people in the area claiming Australian or English roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 45.9% and 42.4% of the population. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also prominent at 17.6% and 9.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 10.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Western Australia (32.2%) and Australia (27.7%). Most residents were born in Australia (87.1%), followed by England at 9.4% and New Zealand at 4.7%.
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 Blythewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50133/blythewood/topic/ancestry-heritage