15.2% ▲ +80.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Arthur River · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Arthur River
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Arthur River, where 60.6% of people claim these roots. The area is predominantly Australian-born, though it has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar small areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in the area identify as English (60.6%) or Australian (56.1%), followed by Scottish (15.2%), Irish (13.6%), and German (6.1%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 15.2% of residents were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. The vast majority were born in Australia (77.3%), with England (7.6%) and New Zealand (4.5%) being the most common other birthplaces.
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 Arthur River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50030/arthur-river/topic/ancestry-heritage