5.9% ▲ +34.2%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Upper Gascoyne · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Upper Gascoyne
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small rise in overseas-born residents has occurred in Upper Gascoyne since 2011, though the area remains very traditional in its roots. Most people here identify as Australian or English, with very few residents born outside the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 22.9% and 11.8% of the population respectively. Scottish, Irish, and German roots also feature in the community's heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most areas, although the proportion rose 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
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 Upper Gascoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58470/upper-gascoyne/topic/ancestry-heritage