11.0% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wokalup · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wokalup
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Wokalup compared to the rest of the state, with only 11% born abroad. This small overseas-born population stands in contrast to the high number of residents who claim Italian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the people in Wokalup identify as Australian, followed by English and Italian ancestries, which account for 29.8% and 24.7% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11% of the population was born overseas, a figure far below the Western Australian average of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia, though England, New Zealand and Italy are the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Wokalup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51629/wokalup/topic/ancestry-heritage