17.1% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Elphinstone · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Elphinstone
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common for people in Mount Elphinstone, with 45.1% and 43.9% respectively. The area has a strong British heritage, though it is far less diverse in birthplaces than the state or national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half the population claims English ancestry, followed closely by Australian and Irish roots. Together, these three groups make up the vast majority of the local population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Around 17.1% of residents were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is far below the Western Australian rate of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%, with 11% of people born in England.
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 Mount Elphinstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51010/mount-elphinstone/topic/ancestry-heritage