12.9% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Esperance · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Esperance
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Esperance compared to the rest of the state. Only 12.9% of the population was born outside Australia, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. Most residents claim Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (43.7%) and English (39.8%), followed by Scottish (10.1%), Irish (8.5%) and German (4.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 12.9%, the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (75.9%), while the next most common birthplaces are England (3.5%) and New Zealand (2.7%).
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 Esperance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53290/esperance/topic/ancestry-heritage