20.8% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Hedland · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Hedland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Overseas-born residents have decreased in Port Hedland, as the proportion of people born abroad is now well below the national figure. While the area remains more diverse than many similar places, the majority of people here identify with English and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 33.1% and 32.1% of residents respectively. Irish ancestry is also prominent at 10.9%, followed by Scottish at 9.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20.8% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas but far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Most residents were born in Australia (66.8%), while New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.9%.
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 Port Hedland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51259/port-hedland/topic/ancestry-heritage