WA suburb home to most English-born people in the nation

Surprising statistics released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics have named Baldivis as England’s home away from home.

A far cry from the “green and pleasant land” of Old Blighty, almost 4000 English people calls the southern Perth suburb home — the most of any state.

ABS data revealed that 962,000 English-born people live in Australia and continue to be the predominant migrant group.

Indians make up the second-largest migrant group inhabiting Australia at 846,000 people.

This is followed by 656,000 Chinese and 598,000 New Zealanders.

The statistics also revealed that Western Australia had the highest proportion of people born overseas, at 34 per cent, while Tasmania had the lowest, at 16 per cent.

In total, Australia’s population includes 8.2 million people who were born overseas.

In their findings, the ABS wrote that more people tend to migrate to Australia than migrate away from it.

“This flow of migrants contributes to the growth of Australia’s population as well as increasing the number of Australians born overseas,” the report concluded.