15.4% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Jurien Bay · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Jurien Bay
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 Jurien Bay, where 44.5% of residents claim this background. While the town has a strong British and Australian heritage, it has a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents than the state or national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of residents claim English ancestry, followed closely by Australian at 42%, Scottish at 11.4%, and Irish at 8.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 15.4% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the 32.2% seen in Western Australia and fell slightly since 2011. Most people were born in Australia (74.4%), with England (5.1%) and New Zealand (2.4%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Jurien Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515016/jurien-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage