21.0% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Serpentine · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Serpentine
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much smaller share of people were born overseas in Serpentine compared to the rest of the state. While about 21% of residents were born abroad, this is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Most people here identify with English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 40.9% and 37.4% of the population. Scottish (7.8%) and Irish (7.1%) ancestries also feature prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 71.7% of residents were born in Australia, which is well below the national figure. Of those born overseas, England is the most common birthplace at 10.6%, followed by New Zealand at 2.6%.
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 Serpentine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51339/serpentine/topic/ancestry-heritage