18.1% ▲ +51.0%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Serpentine · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Serpentine
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Much more of the population was born overseas in Serpentine than in most similar areas. While the typical resident identifies as Australian or English, the proportion of people born outside Australia has risen to 18.1%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 47.1% and 44.8% of the population. Scottish (7.7%) and Irish (7.3%) backgrounds also feature prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 18.1% of the area, a figure that rose 6.1 points since 2011. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and well below the Australian average of 27.7%.
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 Serpentine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515032/serpentine/topic/ancestry-heritage