16.8% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wyalkatchem · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wyalkatchem
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wyalkatchem compared to the rest of the state. Only 16.8% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 43%, followed by Australian at 33.5% and Scottish at 12%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 72.9% of the population was born in Australia, England is the most common overseas birthplace at 6.4%. This low proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Western Australian average.
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 Wyalkatchem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51654/wyalkatchem/topic/ancestry-heritage