2.3% ▼ -73.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Elgin · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Elgin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 2.3% of people in Elgin were born overseas, a figure far below the Western Australian and national averages. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other parts of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 59.4% and English at 33.1%. Scottish ancestry is also common here, claiming 17.3% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 86.5% of residents were born in Australia, which is far below the state average of 32.2% for those born overseas. New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace, though it only accounts for 2.3% of the people.
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 Elgin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50480/elgin/topic/ancestry-heritage