12.7% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Useless Loop · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Useless Loop
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 12.7% of people in Useless Loop were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. The community is predominantly Australian or British in origin, with nearly half the population claiming Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is most common at 47.8%, followed by English at 26.1% and Scottish at 13.4%. Italian and Irish ancestries also make up a smaller part of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Far fewer people were born overseas here than in Western Australia or across the nation, with only 12.7% born abroad. Most residents were born in Australia (79.1%), while New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 3%.
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 Useless Loop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51484/useless-loop/topic/ancestry-heritage