39.8% ▼ -38.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rottnest Island · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rottnest Island
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher share of people were born overseas on Rottnest Island compared to the rest of Australia. While 39.8% of residents were born abroad, this is 12 percentage points above the national figure. The population has a strong mix of roots, with Australian, English, Irish, Scottish, and Chinese ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries on the island are Australian at 26.5% and English at 25.3%. Other notable roots include Irish (12.7%), Scottish (9.0%), and Chinese (6.0%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 40% of people were born overseas, a figure that is well above the Western Australian average and among the highest for similar areas. However, this proportion has fallen 24 percentage points since 2011, with Australia (45.2%), England (7.2%), and New Zealand (6.6%) now the 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 Rottnest Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522057/rottnest-island/topic/ancestry-heritage