47.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bennett Springs · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bennett Springs
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all residents in Bennett Springs were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This high level of migration is reflected in a diverse mix of backgrounds, with Indian and Vietnamese ancestries being particularly prominent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 19.4% and English at 18.7%, followed by Indian at 10.2% and Vietnamese at 7.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Almost 48% of people here were born overseas, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. This diversity is seen in the birthplaces of residents, with 7.7% born in India and 5.5% in Vietnam.
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 Bennett Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50110/bennett-springs/topic/ancestry-heritage