50.2% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.8%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Canning Vale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Canning Vale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Canning Vale were born overseas, making it one of the most diverse areas in the region. This high level of international migration is reflected in a community where Chinese and Indian backgrounds are now as common as English and Australian ones.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 23.6%, though Chinese (18.6%), Australian (17.6%) and Indian (10.0%) ancestries also make up large parts of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 50.2% of residents were born overseas, a figure far above the 32.2% seen in Western Australia and the 27.7% national average. India is the most common overseas birthplace at 8.7%, followed by England and China.
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 Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50245/canning-vale/topic/ancestry-heritage