13.9% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Herbert · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Herbert
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Herbert compared to the rest of the country, with only 13.9% born abroad. This gap is significant, as the figure is far below the national average of 27.7%. Most residents here trace their roots back to the British Isles and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries, each making up around 37% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 11.1% and 10.3% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.9% of people were born overseas, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 22.7% and has risen slightly by 0.9 percentage points since 2011. The vast majority (78.6%) were 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 Herbert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED315/herbert/topic/ancestry-heritage