8.2% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Piawaning · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Piawaning
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady mix of traditional roots continues to define Piawaning, where Australian and English ancestries are the most common. The area remains overwhelmingly born in Australia, with a very small minority of residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (42.6%) and English (37.7%). Irish, Scottish, and Italian backgrounds each make up 11.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.2% 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 (77%), with England being the most frequent overseas birthplace at 4.9%.
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 Piawaning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51235/piawaning/topic/ancestry-heritage