20.9% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Hedland · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Hedland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A diverse mix of backgrounds defines daily life in Port Hedland, where nearly one in five people were born overseas. This mix is reflected in the local heritage, with Australian and English ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian (28.3%) and English (27.9%) are the most common ancestries here, followed by Irish (7.5%), Scottish (6.6%) and Filipino (3.4%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 20.9% of people were born overseas—a figure among the highest for similar areas—this is far below the Western Australian average. The proportion of overseas-born residents has risen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011.
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 Port Hedland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL513004/port-hedland/topic/ancestry-heritage