43.4% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ocean Reef · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ocean Reef
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Ocean Reef, where 46.9% of people claim this heritage. The area is notably diverse, with a very high proportion of residents born overseas compared to both the state and the national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half the population identifies as English, followed by Australian (25.9%), Irish (12.3%), and Scottish (11.3%) backgrounds. Italian ancestry is also present for 5.0% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A striking 43.4% of people here were born overseas, which is far above the 32.2% seen in Western Australia and the 27.7% national figure. While 53.3% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England (18.0%) and South Africa (4.5%).
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 Ocean Reef [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51176/ocean-reef/topic/ancestry-heritage