18.4% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Carnarvon · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Carnarvon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Carnarvon compared to the state or national average. While 18.4% of residents were born abroad, this figure is well below the Australian average and far below Western Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries in the area are Australian at 31.5% and English at 27.0%, followed by Irish, Scottish and Italian.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas rose slightly to 18.4% since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (64.2%), though the next most common birthplaces are England, Vietnam and New Zealand.
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 Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51540/carnarvon/topic/ancestry-heritage