19.0% ▲ +48.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
The Entrance · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in The Entrance
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 40% of people in The Entrance claim English ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. While the community has a strong British and Irish connection, it is less diverse in its birthplaces than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 39.8% and 33.6%, followed by Irish at 12.3% and Scottish at 9.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 19% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (72.7%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, India, New Zealand and the Philippines.
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 The Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13834/the-entrance/topic/ancestry-heritage