11.5% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Canning Mills · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Canning Mills
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong Italian roots shape the heritage of Canning Mills, where over a third of residents claim this ancestry. This unique cultural mix stands out in a sparsely populated area where most people were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Italian ancestry is the most common here at 34.6%, followed by English at 26.9% and Australian at 19.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Few people here were born overseas, with only 11.5% arriving from another country. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%, while 69.2% of residents were born in Australia.
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 Canning Mills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50244/canning-mills/topic/ancestry-heritage