10.7% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kimberley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kimberley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Kimberley compared to the rest of the country, with only 10.7% of the population born abroad. This is a striking gap, as the figure is far below the national average of 27.7%. Most residents here trace their roots back to the British Isles and Germany.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 39.3%, followed by Scottish and German backgrounds, which both sit at 14.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%. Half of the population was 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 Kimberley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31533/kimberley/topic/ancestry-heritage