18.3% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Boulder · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Boulder
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Boulder, where 33.5% of people claim this heritage. The area has a strong British and Australian connection, though it also maintains a diverse mix of overseas-born residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 33.5% and 32.7% of the population. Other common backgrounds include Scottish and Irish at 8.4% each, and German at 3.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Roughly 18.3% of people in Boulder were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the national figure of 27.7% and far below the 32.2% seen across Western Australia. While 65.8% were born in Australia, New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 6.9%.
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 Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50159/boulder/topic/ancestry-heritage