11.4% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Collie · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Collie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 11.4% of people in Collie were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than the rest of the state and the country. English and Australian ancestries are the most common roots here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (45.3%) and Australian (42.9%) are the dominant ancestries in the area, followed by Scottish, Irish, and Italian roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen 3.1 percentage points since 2011 to 11.4%. This is far below the 32.2% seen across Western Australia, with 80.9% of the population born in Australia.
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 Collie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51890/collie/topic/ancestry-heritage