7.0% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lumeah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lumeah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7% of people in Lumeah were born overseas, a figure far below the state and national averages. This reflects a population with very deep roots in Australia, where the vast majority of residents were born locally.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 53.5% and 39.5% of the population respectively. Other notable roots include Irish at 11.6% and Scottish at 9.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (74.4%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 7%.
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 Lumeah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50868/lumeah/topic/ancestry-heritage