13.8% ▲ +57.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gascoyne Junction · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gascoyne Junction
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far smaller share of people were born overseas in Gascoyne Junction compared to the rest of the state and country. While 13.8% of residents arrived from another country, this is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Most people here identify with Australian or English roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 35.4%, followed by English at 9.2%, Irish at 6.2%, and Scottish at 4.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the 13.8% overseas birth rate is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure of 27.7%. Three quarters of residents were born in Australia, with South Africa being the next most common birthplace at 6.2%.
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 Gascoyne Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50530/gascoyne-junction/topic/ancestry-heritage