15.3% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Boyanup · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Boyanup
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 76% of people in Boyanup were born in Australia, making it far less diverse in birthplaces than the rest of the state. While most residents have Australian or English roots, a small minority arrived from overseas. This creates a community with deep ties to traditional Anglo-Celtic heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is split almost evenly between those claiming Australian (45.9%) and English (45.6%) roots. Irish and Scottish heritage are also common, with both sitting at around 9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 15.3% of residents were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Most of those born abroad came from England (7.2%) or New Zealand (2.6%).
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 Boyanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50169/boyanup/topic/ancestry-heritage