12.5% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wedgecarrup · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wedgecarrup
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly 12.5% of people in Wedgecarrup were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. This small community is predominantly of Australian and English descent, with a birth rate far below the state and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian ancestry at 62.5%, followed by English at 56.3%. Irish and Scottish heritage are also present, each accounting for 8.8% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A total of 12.5% of people were born outside Australia, which is far below the 32.2% seen in Western Australia and the national figure of 27.7%. The most common overseas birthplace is England, where 6.3% of the population was born.
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 Wedgecarrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51554/wedgecarrup/topic/ancestry-heritage