19.7% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bunbury · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bunbury
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Bunbury, where 43.7% of people claim this background. The area has a strong British heritage overall, though nearly 20% of the population was born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 43.7% and 35.5% of residents. Scottish and Irish backgrounds follow at 10% each, with Italian ancestry at 6.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Almost one in five people (19.7%) were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the national figure of 27.7%, and the proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen slightly since 2011.
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 Bunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51190/bunbury/topic/ancestry-heritage