42.7% ▲ +18.1%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cockburn Central · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cockburn Central
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than four in ten people in Cockburn Central were born overseas, a rate among the highest for similar areas. This makes the neighborhood far more diverse than the state and national averages, with a strong mix of residents from Australia, England, and Asia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 33.4% and Australian at 21.6%. Other frequent ancestries include Scottish, Chinese, and Irish.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 42.7% of residents were born overseas, which is 10 percentage points higher than in Western Australia and 15 points above the national figure. While 51.1% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are England, New Zealand, India, and the Philippines.
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 Cockburn Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50304/cockburn-central/topic/ancestry-heritage