12.9% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Northampton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Northampton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage for people in Northampton, making up 41.6% of the population. Most residents were born in Australia and have deep ancestral ties to the British Isles. This creates a community with a strong traditional European heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most frequent ancestries at 41.6% and 38.2%. Irish and Scottish backgrounds also feature prominently, accounting for 9.5% and 8.6% of residents respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Western Australia (32.2%) and Australia (27.7%). Australia is the birthplace for 70.6% of the population, followed by England at 5.9%.
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 Northampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51158/northampton/topic/ancestry-heritage