7.5% ▼ -35.9%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Echunga · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Echunga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Echunga, where 45.6% of residents claim this background. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born and has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian backgrounds are the most frequent, making up 45.6% and 44.0% of the population respectively. German (13.2%), Scottish (11.9%) and Irish (10.8%) are also common heritages.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.5% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and has fallen 4.2 points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (87.8%), followed by England (3.7%).
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 Echunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421010/echunga/topic/ancestry-heritage