20.0% —
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 20% of people in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) were born overseas, which is lower than most similar areas. This makes the region much less diverse in its origins than the rest of Western Australia and the nation. Most residents identify as Australian or English.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 29.0% and 28.6% of the population respectively. Irish (7.1%) and Scottish (6.9%) ancestries are also frequently reported.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and well below the national 27.7%. While 62.8% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are New Zealand (4.9%) and the Philippines (2.4%).
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 Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54403/pilbara/topic/ancestry-heritage