2.3% ▼ -49.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Collie · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Collie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people born overseas live in Collie, making it much less diverse than most similar areas. The vast majority of residents trace their roots back to the British Isles, with Australian and English ancestry being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestry are the most frequent, accounting for 42.4% and 37.3% of residents. Irish and Scottish roots are also common at 16.9% and 15.8% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 2.3% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia, which accounts for 81.4% of residents.
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 Collie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10975/collie/topic/ancestry-heritage