14.6% ▼ -34.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pannawonica · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Pannawonica than in most similar areas. While 80% of residents were born in Australia, the town has a diverse mix of roots, with nearly half the population claiming Australian ancestry.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 49.8% and English at 37.4%. Other common backgrounds include Irish at 12.7%, Scottish at 8.0%, and German at 3.8%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 14.6% of people were born overseas, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%.
14.6% ▼ -34.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Pannawonica [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51198/pannawonica/topic/ancestry-heritage