5.7% ▼ -55.2%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Roebourne · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Roebourne
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Roebourne, where 12.3% of people claim these roots. This small community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
People of English (12.3%) and Australian (11.0%) descent make up the largest groups, while Scottish ancestry is held by 4.6% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.7% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the national average of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen by 7 percentage points since 2011, leaving 84.6% of residents born in Australia.
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 Roebourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521046/roebourne/topic/ancestry-heritage