24.6% ▲ +2643.6%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Balingup · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Balingup
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much lower share of people were born overseas in Balingup compared to the rest of the state and country. While 70% of the population is Australian-born, the area has seen a massive shift in recent years. The proportion of overseas-born residents climbed by 24 percentage points since 2011 to reach 24.6%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 52.5%, followed by Australian at 33.6%. Other notable groups include Scottish, Irish, and German ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About one in four people were born overseas, which is among the highest for similar areas. However, this figure is still well below the Western Australian (32.2%) and national (27.7%) figures, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 13.9%.
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 Balingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522002/balingup/topic/ancestry-heritage