21.3% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Shark Bay · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Shark Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents now live in Shark Bay, with the proportion of people born abroad rising by 3.5 percentage points since 2011. This shift is seen in a community where most people claim Australian or English ancestry. While the overseas population has grown, it remains well below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify as Australian (36.2%) or English (34.0%), followed by Irish, Scottish, and Italian ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21.3% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas but far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Most people here were born in Australia (62.2%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 6.0%.
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 Shark Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57770/shark-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage