21.7% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Walpole · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Walpole
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Walpole, where over half of residents claim this heritage. While most people here were born in Australia, there has been a steady rise in the number of people moving to the area from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 52.7%, followed by Australian at 39.0%, Scottish at 11.0%, Irish at 9.2%, and German at 3.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21.7% of people were born overseas, a figure that rose 2.3 points since 2011. This is well below the national figure of 27.7% and far below Western Australia's 32.2%, though it remains among the highest for similar areas.
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 Walpole [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522061/walpole/topic/ancestry-heritage