8.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Perillup · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Perillup
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Ancestry patterns in Perillup have remained very stable since 2011, with the vast majority of residents claiming British or Australian roots. Most people here were born in Australia, and the area has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 60.9%, followed by Australian at 23.9% and Scottish at 15.2%. Irish ancestry is also noted for 6.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (69.6%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 8.7%.
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 Perillup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51228/perillup/topic/ancestry-heritage