13.7% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Malabaine · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Malabaine
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English heritage is the most common ancestry in Malabaine, where 35.3% of people claim this background. The area has a strong British and Irish influence, though it is much less diverse in birthplaces than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 35.3%, followed closely by Australian at 33.3%. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also common, making up 21.6% and 13.7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 13.7% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%, with most residents born in Australia.
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 Malabaine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50883/malabaine/topic/ancestry-heritage