8.9% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Alice River · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Alice River
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 8.9% of people in Alice River were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other parts of Australia. Most residents here identify with traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, each accounting for over 44% of the population. Scottish and Irish roots are also frequent, making up 11.6% and 10.7% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Far fewer people here were born abroad compared to the 27.7% national average, and this figure has fallen 1.9 percentage points since 2011. Nearly 89% of the population was 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 Alice River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315002/alice-river/topic/ancestry-heritage