24.8% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
West Lamington · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in West Lamington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A smaller share of people were born overseas in West Lamington compared to the state and national figures. While about 24.8% of residents were born outside Australia, this is well below the Western Australian average. Most people here claim Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 35.5% and 34.6% of the population. Scottish and Irish roots follow at 7.1% and 7.0% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Roughly one in four people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is still a little below the national figure of 27.7%. Aside from Australia, New Zealand is the most common birthplace at 7%.
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 West Lamington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51577/west-lamington/topic/ancestry-heritage