5.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eganu · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eganu
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Eganu compared to the rest of the country, with only 5.7% born abroad. This is a small community where the vast majority of residents have deep roots in Australia or the United Kingdom.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 40.0%, followed closely by Australian at 37.1%. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent, making up 12.9% and 11.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national rate of 27.7%. More than half of the population was 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 Eganu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50475/eganu/topic/ancestry-heritage