14.5% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brookhampton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brookhampton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A higher share of people were born overseas in Brookhampton than in most similar areas, although the local figure remains far below the state and national averages. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 90.8% of the local population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 47%, followed closely by Australian at 43.8%. Other common ancestries include Irish, Scottish, and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 14.5% of people were born overseas, this is far below the 32.2% seen across Western Australia. Most residents were born in Australia (78.3%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 6.8%.
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 Brookhampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50188/brookhampton/topic/ancestry-heritage