19.3% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lange · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lange
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Lange, where nearly half of the residents claim English roots. The area is mostly made up of people born in Australia, though it has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than many similar small areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 49% and 40.6% of the population. Irish (11.4%) and Scottish (10.9%) are also common backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.3% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the national figure of 27.7% and far below Western Australia's 32.2%.
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 Lange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50832/lange/topic/ancestry-heritage