6.3% ▲ +33.5%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Balonne · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Balonne
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Balonne than in most other areas, with only 6.3% of the population arriving from another country. This makes the region stand out for its very high proportion of Australian-born residents compared to the rest of the state and country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 43.7% and 33.4% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish and German ancestries also feature prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. While this remains much lower than most areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents rose 1.6 points since 2011.
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 Balonne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30300/balonne/topic/ancestry-heritage