36.4% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Joondanna · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Joondanna
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a third of the people in Joondanna were born overseas, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This creates a diverse community where 36.4% of residents have roots outside Australia, well above the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 32.0% and 24.0%, followed by Italian (12.8%), Irish (10.3%) and Scottish (9.0%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 36.4% of residents born overseas is well above the Western Australian rate of 32.2%. While 58.9% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England (5.8%), India (2.9%), Italy (2.3%) and New Zealand (2.3%).
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 Joondanna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50702/joondanna/topic/ancestry-heritage