10.8% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Frome · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Frome
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Frome, where 44.4% of residents claim these roots. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a small number of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people identify as English (44.4%) or Australian (43.7%), while German ancestry is also common at 11%. Scottish and Irish roots follow at 9% and 8.5% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and fell 5.6 points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (83%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 5.2%.
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 Frome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40017/frome/topic/ancestry-heritage