25.2% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Hawthorn · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people have moved into Mount Hawthorn from overseas since 2011. While about a quarter of the population was born abroad, the area remains more Australian-born than the state and national figures.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 37.1% and Australian at 33.2%, followed by Irish, Italian and Scottish roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 25.2% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Most people were born in Australia (72%), with the next most common birthplaces being England (5.8%) and Italy (1.9%).
25.2% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Hawthorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51015/mount-hawthorn/topic/ancestry-heritage