50.1% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 50.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Piara Waters · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Piara Waters
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Piara Waters were born overseas, which is far above the national figure. This creates a diverse community where Indian and Chinese ancestries are very common alongside English and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (22.4%) and Australian (19.8%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Indian (17.5%) and Chinese (10.0%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 50.1%, the share of overseas-born residents is among the highest for similar areas, sitting far above the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. India is the most common birth place outside Australia, accounting for 15% 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 Piara Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51234/piara-waters/topic/ancestry-heritage