14.5% ▼ -52.7%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Geraldton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Geraldton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong blend of Australian and English heritage shapes daily life in Geraldton. While British and Irish roots are common, the proportion of people born overseas has dropped sharply in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian ancestry at 38.4% or English ancestry at 38.3%. Other common backgrounds include Irish (9.2%), Scottish (8.4%), and Italian (3.9%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 14.5% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen 16 percentage points since 2011. Most people were born in Australia (76.1%), followed by England (3.6%) and New Zealand (1.7%).
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 Geraldton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL512003/geraldton/topic/ancestry-heritage