8.9% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Marshall · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Marshall
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small increase in the share of overseas-born residents has occurred in Mount Marshall, where 8.9% of people now live away from their birth country. The area remains dominated by those with English and Australian ancestry, reflecting a very strong tie to these roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 47.1% and 46.6% of the population respectively. Scottish, Irish, and German roots also feature in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.9% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the Western Australian average of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion rose 1.1 percentage points since 2011, with 81.9% of residents 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 Mount Marshall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55880/mount-marshall/topic/ancestry-heritage