16.4% —
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Narrogin · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Narrogin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong English and Australian heritage shapes the identity of Narrogin, where 78.5% of residents claim one of these two ancestries. This cultural backdrop is reflected in the town's birthplaces, though the proportion of people born overseas has grown slightly in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are by far the most common ancestries here, followed by Scottish at 8.5% and Irish at 7.9%. German ancestry is also present for 3.3% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 16.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Western Australia and the nation, though this rose 2.0 percentage points since 2016. Most residents were born in Australia (72.9%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, the Philippines, and New Zealand.
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 Narrogin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56460/narrogin/topic/ancestry-heritage