24.7% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Palmyra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Palmyra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About one in four people in Palmyra were born overseas, though this is lower than the state average. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up the vast majority of the local population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 44.9%, followed by Australian at 34.7% and Irish at 13.5%. Italian and Scottish roots are also common in the area.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 24.7% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much higher than most similar areas, this figure is well below the Western Australian average of 32.2%. Most of those born overseas come from England, accounting for 8.5% of the population.
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 Palmyra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51197/palmyra/topic/ancestry-heritage