7.4% ▲ +24.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pingrup · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A huge gap exists between Pingrup and the rest of the country, with far fewer people born overseas here than in the state or nation. Most residents trace their roots to Australia and England, reflecting a very traditional ancestral makeup for the area.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the residents identify as Australian (46.8%), followed closely by English ancestry at 42.9%. Other common roots include Irish, German, and Scottish backgrounds.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.4% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority were born in Australia, with small numbers arriving from England and New Zealand.
7.4% ▲ +24.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Pingrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51245/pingrup/topic/ancestry-heritage