41.3% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rivervale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rivervale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than four in ten people in Rivervale were born overseas, making it one of the most internationally diverse areas in the region. This high level of migration is reflected in the community's varied roots, with English and Australian ancestries remaining the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 29.1% and 23.6% of the population. Other common ancestral backgrounds include Chinese at 9.2%, Irish at 7.9%, and Scottish at 6.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Forty-one percent of residents were born overseas, a figure far above the national average of 27.7% and well above Western Australia's 32.2%. While 53% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, India, China, 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 Rivervale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51299/rivervale/topic/ancestry-heritage