30.4% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rockingham · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rockingham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse cultural backgrounds shape daily life in Rockingham, where 30.4% of residents were born overseas. While most people claim English or Australian ancestry, the area has a much higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most other similar places.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 47.7%, followed by Australian at 34.0%. Other significant groups include Scottish (10.4%), Irish (8.8%) and German (3.1%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 30.4% of people were born overseas, a figure that is a little above the national average but fell slightly since 2011. Aside from those born in Australia (63.9%), the most common birthplaces are England (12.4%) and New Zealand (4.9%).
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 Rockingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57490/rockingham/topic/ancestry-heritage