18.5% ▲ +132.1%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Exmouth · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Exmouth
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An 11 percentage point jump in overseas births since 2011 marks a shift in the makeup of Exmouth. While 18.5% of residents were born abroad, the town remains overwhelmingly Australian and British in its heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are most common here, making up 42.1% and 38.8% of the population. Scottish, Irish and German roots also feature in the community's family histories.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is now 18.5%, which is much higher than most similar areas, though still well below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (72.3%), followed by England, New Zealand, the Philippines and Italy.
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 Exmouth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515013/exmouth/topic/ancestry-heritage