16.2% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Broome · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Broome
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse cultural roots shape daily life in Broome, where nearly a quarter of people claim English ancestry. While the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar places, it remains far below the national and state figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 24.4% and Australian at 23.5%, followed by Irish at 7.1%, Scottish at 6.2% and Chinese at 2.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.2% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the 32.2% seen in Western Australia and the 27.7% national figure. Most people were born in Australia (67.8%), with others coming from England (2.0%), the Philippines (1.8%) and New Zealand (1.6%).
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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50190/broome/topic/ancestry-heritage