18.0% —
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Carnarvon · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Carnarvon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 18% of people in Carnarvon were born overseas, a figure well below the national average. This makes the town much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other Australian areas. Most residents identify as having Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian at 31.2% and English at 25%. Other notable groups include Irish, Scottish, and Italian ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 18% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. While this is lower than most areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents did rise slightly by 1.0 percentage point 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 Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/511021276/carnarvon/topic/ancestry-heritage