25.5% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Golden Bay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Golden Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Much higher proportions of people were born overseas in Golden Bay than in most similar areas. While 25.5% of residents were born abroad, this is still a little below the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 49%, followed by Australian at 38.4% and Scottish at 10.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most people here were born in Australia (69.6%), but England is the most common overseas birthplace at 10.7%. This overseas-born population is well below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%.
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 Golden Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50566/golden-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage