20.7% ▲ +29.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hopetoun · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hopetoun
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Much higher proportions of overseas-born residents live in Hopetoun compared to most similar areas. While 20.7% of the population was born abroad, the community remains deeply rooted in British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 44.8% and 36.4% of the population. Irish, Scottish, and German backgrounds also feature, accounting for 10.5%, 9.1%, and 4.1% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The percentage of people born overseas is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and well below the national average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (68.4%), followed by England (5.3%) and South Africa (3.7%).
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 Hopetoun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50654/hopetoun/topic/ancestry-heritage