13.0% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Horrocks · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Horrocks
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common in Horrocks, where over half the residents identify as having English roots. The area has a very strong connection to these traditional roots, with the vast majority of the population born in Australia or the UK.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than half of the people here claim English ancestry, followed by Australian at 41.6% and Irish at 13.7%. Scottish and German roots are also present in smaller numbers.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. While 75.2% were born in Australia, New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 8.1%.
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 Horrocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50655/horrocks/topic/ancestry-heritage