19.4% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 81% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Busselton · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Busselton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in five people in Busselton were born overseas, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011. While this is much higher than in many similar areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents remains well below the national and state figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 48.8%, followed by Australian at 39.5% and Irish at 10.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Most people were born in Australia (74.7%), with England (7.8%) and New Zealand (2.3%) being the next most common birthplaces.
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 Busselton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5004/busselton/topic/ancestry-heritage