17.8% ▲ +69.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Leonora · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Leonora
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents have moved to Leonora, with the proportion of people born outside Australia rising 7.3 percentage points since 2011. While 17.8% of the population was born abroad, the area remains predominantly Australian in its ancestral roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, accounting for 27.9% and 22.4% of residents respectively, followed by Scottish, Irish, and Italian roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 17.8% of people born overseas is much higher than in most similar areas, though this is far below Western Australia's 32.2%. Most residents were born in Australia (61.9%), with New Zealand and England 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 Leonora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521031/leonora/topic/ancestry-heritage