18.1% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Carnarvon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Carnarvon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Carnarvon than in most similar areas. While 18.1% of the population grew up abroad, the local ancestry remains predominantly Australian and English.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, accounting for 22.1% and 21.7% of residents respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 18.1% of people born overseas is a higher figure than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the national average of 27.7%. Australia is the most common birthplace at 43.4%, followed by England at 5.3%.
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 Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50267/carnarvon/topic/ancestry-heritage