12.0% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Goomalling · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Goomalling
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 12% of people in Goomalling were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. The town has a very strong traditional British and Irish heritage, with the vast majority of residents claiming Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify as Australian (40.9%) or English (40%), followed by Irish (9.8%) and Scottish (8.1%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Born-overseas residents make up 12% of the population, which is far below the Western Australian rate of 32.2%. Around 72.6% of people were born in Australia, while the most common overseas birthplaces are England (3.7%) and New Zealand (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 Goomalling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50569/goomalling/topic/ancestry-heritage