19.3% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bulgarra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bulgarra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 9 percentage points fewer people were born overseas in Bulgarra than across Australia. While the area has a much higher share of overseas-born residents than most similar areas, it still sits well below the national and state figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim English ancestry at 34.5%, followed closely by Australian ancestry at 33.3%. Other common ancestral groups include Irish, Scottish, and German people.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. The most common birthplaces are Australia (63.9%) and New Zealand (4.2%).
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 Bulgarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50200/bulgarra/topic/ancestry-heritage