7.9% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Karloo · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Karloo
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of local roots defines Karloo, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia. With only 7.9% of people born overseas, it is far less diverse in its origins than the rest of the state or the nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is split evenly between those identifying as Australian and English, each at 29.9%. Irish and Scottish roots are also common, making up 9.1% and 8.1% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Western Australian average of 32.2%. Most people here were born in Australia (67.1%), followed by small numbers from England, New Zealand and the Philippines.
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 Karloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50730/karloo/topic/ancestry-heritage