43.1% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.3%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Butler · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Butler
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher share of people now live in Butler than in other areas, with 43.1% born overseas. This creates a diverse community where more than four in ten residents were born outside Australia, a figure far above the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 46.4%, followed by Australian at 26.4% and Scottish at 9.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Butler's 43.1% overseas-born population is far above the 32.2% seen in Western Australia and the 27.7% national figure. While 52.5% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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 Butler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50229/butler/topic/ancestry-heritage