23.8% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Karakin · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Karakin
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 Karakin than in most similar areas. While English and Australian roots are most common, about 23.8% of the people here were born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half the population claims English ancestry (46%), followed by Australian (34.7%), Irish (11.3%), Scottish (10.5%) and German (5.9%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 23.8% of residents were born overseas, which is well below the figures for Western Australia (32.2%) and the national average (27.7%). The most common birthplaces outside Australia are England (9.6%), South Africa (2.1%), New Zealand (1.3%) and Vietnam (1.3%).
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 Karakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50722/karakin/topic/ancestry-heritage