24.1% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Centennial Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Centennial Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Centennial Park, where 45.4% of residents claim this heritage. The area has a strong British and Australian identity, though a quarter of the population was born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent, making up 45.4% and 34.0% of the community. Scottish, Irish, and Italian roots follow as the next most common backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 24.1% of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is however well below the 32.2% seen across Western Australia and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Centennial Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50278/centennial-park/topic/ancestry-heritage