16.8% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sunset Beach · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sunset Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Sunset Beach than in most similar areas. While 16.8% of residents arrived from another country, the community remains predominantly Australian and British in its ancestral roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 40.4% and 38.1% of the population respectively, followed by Scottish, Irish and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.8% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the figures for Western Australia and the national average. Most residents were born in Australia (74.8%), with others arriving from England, New Zealand, South Africa and the Philippines.
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 Sunset Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51419/sunset-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage