13.6% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Capel · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Capel
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage for people in Capel, where 48.3% of residents claim these roots. The area has a very strong connection to British and Australian origins, with the vast majority of the population born in Australia or arriving from the UK.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 48.3% and 45.2% of the population respectively. Other common backgrounds include Scottish (9.9%), Irish (8.9%), and Dutch (3.6%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.6% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Western Australian (32.2%) and national (27.7%) rates. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, with 81.1% of the community born in Australia and 5.8% born in England.
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 Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515005/capel/topic/ancestry-heritage