18.8% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Neerabup · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Neerabup
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in Neerabup than in most similar areas, though it remains less diverse than the state and nation. About 18.8% of residents were born abroad, with the majority of the population claiming Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian (49.1%) and English (37.5%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Scottish (11.6%), Irish (5.4%) and Italian (5.4%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 18.8% of people were born overseas—a figure much higher than in similar areas—this is far below the Western Australian rate of 32.2% and well below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (63.4%), with the next most common birthplaces being England (8.0%), New Zealand (2.7%) and Vietnam (2.7%).
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 Neerabup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51101/neerabup/topic/ancestry-heritage