14.3% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Irishtown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Irishtown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Recent data shows a shift in the roots of people living in Irishtown, where English and Australian ancestries remain the most common. While the area has a higher share of overseas-born residents than many similar places, this figure is still far below the state and national levels.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the people here claim English ancestry, followed by 37.8% who identify as Australian and 15.3% as Scottish.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 14.3% of residents were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Most people were born in Australia (72.4%), followed by New Zealand at 6.1%.
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 Irishtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50672/irishtown/topic/ancestry-heritage