7.6% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ord River · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ord River
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Ord River compared to the rest of the state. Only 7.6% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure. The area is largely made up of people with English, Irish and Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 17.1%, followed by Irish at 13.9% and Australian at 13.3%. Chinese and Scottish backgrounds each make up 2.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is far below the Western Australian figure by 25 percentage points. Most people in the area were born in Australia, accounting for 70.9% of residents.
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 Ord River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51188/ord-river/topic/ancestry-heritage