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West Kalgoorlie · Suburb / Locality

Ancestry & Birthplace in West Kalgoorlie

Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.

Ancestry and birthplaces in West Kalgoorlie have remained quite steady over the last decade. Most people here identify with roots in Australia and England, with only 9.4% of the population born outside Australia.

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📍 West Kalgoorlie, Suburb / Locality

Where West Kalgoorlie sits — People born overseas

9.4% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is West Kalgoorlie — lower than 60% of areas.

West Kalgoorlie9.4%
6430, WA 25.9%
Western Australia 32.2%
Australia 27.7%

Ancestry

The ancestries people most identify with.

Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 46.9% and 34.4% of the local rest of the population respectively, while Irish ancestry accounts for 9.4%.

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In West Kalgoorlie, Australian is the majority at 52%; English is next at 38%.

Australian 46.9% English 34.4% Irish 9.4%

Country of birth

Australia and the largest overseas communities.

Only 9.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for both Western Australia (32.2%) and the rest of the country (27.7%).

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In West Kalgoorlie, Australia is the majority at 100%.

Australia 50.0%

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 West Kalgoorlie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51576/west-kalgoorlie/topic/ancestry-heritage