14.3% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Carnamah · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Carnamah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 70% of people in Carnamah were born in Australia, making it far less diverse in birthplace than the rest of the state. This reflects a population with deep local roots, where English, Scottish, and Irish ancestries remain the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (39.7%) and English (37.0%), followed by Scottish (12.0%), Irish (8.7%), and German (4.9%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 14.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has rose slightly by 1.1 points since 2011, with most overseas-born residents coming from England (5.1%) and New Zealand (2.5%).
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 Carnamah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51470/carnamah/topic/ancestry-heritage