11.6% ▼ -46.9%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral) compared to the rest of the country. Only 11.6% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than most other areas. This reflects a population dominated by those born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 22.3% and English at 21.6%, followed by Irish at 6.2%, Scottish at 5.6%, and German at 2.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has fallen 10 points since 2011, reaching 11.6%. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%, with 74.1% of the population 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 Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED52903/kimberley/topic/ancestry-heritage