12.7% ▼ -44.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Peaceful Bay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Peaceful Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady pattern of traditional roots continues to shape the population of Peaceful Bay. The area remains overwhelmingly Australian and British in its heritage, with nearly 86% of residents claiming Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here identify as Australian (43.7%) or English (42.3%). Other common ancestral roots include Scottish at 18.3%, followed by Irish and German at 12.7% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Western Australia (32.2%) and Australia (27.7%). The vast majority were born in Australia (78.9%), while 4.2% were born in England.
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 Peaceful Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51217/peaceful-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage