26.7% ▲ +38.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lancelin · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lancelin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people in Lancelin were born overseas than in most similar areas, with 26.7% of the population arriving from another country. This mix of backgrounds creates a community where English and Australian ancestries are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 39.8%, followed by Australian at 29.8%, Scottish at 10.2%, Irish at 9.7% and German at 4.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 63.2% of residents were born in Australia, the 26.7% born overseas is well below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and about the same as the national rate. England is the most common birthplace outside Australia at 5.1%.
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 Lancelin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50830/lancelin/topic/ancestry-heritage