14.7% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kununurra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kununurra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Kununurra than in most similar areas, though the overall figure remains low. While 14.7% of the population grew up outside Australia, this is far below the state and national levels.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Residents most commonly identify as Australian (28.3%) or English (27.8%), followed by Irish (7.7%) and Scottish (6.3%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 14.7% born overseas is much lower than the 32.2% across Western Australia and the 27.7% national figure. Most of the population was born in Australia (67.1%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, New Zealand, the Philippines and India.
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 Kununurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50799/kununurra/topic/ancestry-heritage