36.3% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pearsall · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pearsall
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than a third of residents in Pearsall were born overseas, a figure that ranks among the highest for similar areas. This makes the suburb significantly more diverse than both the state and national averages. Most people here identify with English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 37.3%, followed by Australian at 29.0%. Other notable groups include Irish, Scottish, and Italian backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 36.3% of people were born overseas, which is well above the 32.2% seen in Western Australia and the 27.7% national figure. While 60.8% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, India, South Africa and New Zealand.
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 Pearsall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51219/pearsall/topic/ancestry-heritage