24.3% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eucla · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in four people in Eucla were born overseas, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. While the population is small, it shows a strong mix of Australian, English, and Dutch ancestries.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 37.8%, followed by English at 29.7% and Dutch at 24.3%. Scottish ancestry is also present for 8.1% of residents.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 24.3% of people here were born overseas, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%.
24.3% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Eucla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50494/eucla/topic/ancestry-heritage