14.4% ▼ -34.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Laverton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Laverton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Laverton than in most similar areas, though only 14.4% of the population grew up outside Australia. This is a much lower proportion than seen across Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 20.6%, followed by Australian at 14.6%. Other common backgrounds include Scottish, Irish and German heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 14.4% were born overseas, this is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (52.1%), with New Zealand as the most common overseas birthplace at 6.1%.
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 Laverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50836/laverton/topic/ancestry-heritage