5.3% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Shackleton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Shackleton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few residents were born overseas in Shackleton, making it much less diverse than most similar areas. Only 5.3% of the population was born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 26.3% and Australian at 19.3%, followed by Irish, Scottish, and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.3% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the Western Australian rate of 32.2%. Nearly half of the population was born in Australia.
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 Shackleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51341/shackleton/topic/ancestry-heritage