17.7% ▲ +59.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Greenbushes · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Greenbushes
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 Greenbushes, where 45.4% of residents claim these roots. The community is largely Australian-born, though the proportion of people born overseas has grown recently.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 45.4% and 41.3% of the population. Irish roots are also common at 12.2%, followed by Scottish and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A growing 17.7% of people in Greenbushes were born overseas, up 6.6 points since 2011. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Greenbushes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522027/greenbushes/topic/ancestry-heritage