20.6% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Hedland · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Hedland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing share of people born overseas now live in Port Hedland, with this group rising 3.0 percentage points since 2011. While Australian and English are the most common ancestries, the area's international makeup remains well below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 28.3% and English at 27.6%, followed by Irish at 7.4%, Scottish at 6.6% and Filipino at 3.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but far below the Western Australian average of 32.2%. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are New Zealand at 5.2%, the Philippines at 2.9% and England at 2.0%.
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 Port Hedland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57280/port-hedland/topic/ancestry-heritage