23.9% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kalgoorlie-Boulder · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A mix of global backgrounds shapes daily life in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, where nearly one in four residents was born overseas. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, the proportion of overseas-born people remains well below the Western Australian and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral roots here are Australian at 33.7% and English at 33.4%. Other significant groups include Irish at 8.4% and Scottish at 8.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 23.9% of people were born overseas, a figure that rose 1.7 percentage points since 2011. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are New Zealand (7.0%), the Philippines (2.6%), and England (2.2%).
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 Kalgoorlie-Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54280/kalgoorlie-boulder/topic/ancestry-heritage