14.8% ▲ +149.0%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kambalda East · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kambalda East
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing mix of global backgrounds shapes daily life in Kambalda East (L), where 14.8% of residents were born overseas. While the area is far less diverse than the state or national figures, the proportion of overseas-born people has more than doubled since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here identify with Australian ancestry (30.4%) or English (25.8%), followed by Scottish, German and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas rose 8.9 points since 2011 to 14.8%, which is much higher than most similar areas. This remains far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%, with nearly half of all residents born in Australia and 6.9% in 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 Kambalda East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521027/kambalda-east/topic/ancestry-heritage