13.6% —
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Roebourne · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Roebourne
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people born overseas have lived in Roebourne recently, with the proportion falling to 13.6% in 2021. This makes the area much less internationally diverse than the rest of the state. Most residents claim Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 30.7%, followed by English at 26.5%. Irish, Scottish and German ancestries also make up a combined 15.3% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the Western Australian average of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen 3.3 percentage points since 2016, with 67.5% of people now born in Australia.
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 Roebourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510031273/roebourne/topic/ancestry-heritage