12.6% —
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kununurra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kununurra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 12.6% of people in Kununurra were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the town's population much more Australian-born than most other areas across the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, each accounting for about 24% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 6.6% and 5.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 69.9% of residents born in Australia, the share of overseas-born people is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. This proportion has barely changed since 2016.
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 Kununurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510011265/kununurra/topic/ancestry-heritage