7.9% ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Murchison · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Murchison
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Murchison than in most other areas. Only 7.9% of the population was born outside Australia, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (32.7%) and English (25.7%), followed by German, Scottish and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 7.9%, 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 here were born in Australia (86.1%), with South Africa being the next most common birthplace at 4%.
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 Murchison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56160/murchison/topic/ancestry-heritage