6.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
East Bowes · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in East Bowes
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in East Bowes than in the rest of the state. Only 6.5% of residents were born abroad, which is a huge gap compared to the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Most people here identify with English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 56.5%, followed by Australian at 34.8%. Scottish, Italian, and Indian backgrounds are also represented, each making up between 6.5% and 8.7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This is reflected in the fact that 82.6% of residents were 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 East Bowes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50451/east-bowes/topic/ancestry-heritage