14.9% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kununurra · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kununurra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people were born overseas in Kununurra than in most similar areas. While the typical resident identifies as Australian or English, the overseas-born population has risen to 14.9% over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than a quarter of residents claim Australian ancestry (26.9%) and English ancestry (25.4%), with Irish and Scottish backgrounds also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 14.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Western Australia (32.2%) and the rest of the country (27.7%). This proportion rose slightly from 13.2% in 2011, with the most common overseas birthplaces being England and New Zealand.
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 Kununurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515020/kununurra/topic/ancestry-heritage