50.7% ▲ +21.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Harrisdale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Harrisdale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of all residents in Harrisdale were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This creates a diverse community where people from India and China make up a significant part of the local population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 23.5% and Australian at 19.4%. Indian ancestry is also very prominent at 16.7%, followed by Chinese at 11.0% and Scottish at 5.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 50.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. While 46.9% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are India (14.9%) and England (5.2%).
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 Harrisdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50613/harrisdale/topic/ancestry-heritage