34.9% —
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
South Perth (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in South Perth (South Metropolitan)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A diverse mix of cultures shapes daily life in South Perth, where over a third of the population was born in another country. This international character is reflected in a wide range of family backgrounds, with English and Australian being the most common ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 35.6%, followed by Australian at 27.6% and Irish at 10.0%. Chinese and Scottish roots are also significant, each held by about 9% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 34.9% of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 27.7%. While this is a little above the Western Australian average, the proportion has fallen 1.3 percentage points since 2016.
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 South Perth (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54905/south-perth/topic/ancestry-heritage