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Barcoo · Council (LGA)

Ancestry & Birthplace in Barcoo

Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.

Far fewer people were born overseas in Barcoo than in most similar areas. This is a community with deep local roots, where 83.1% of residents were born in Australia.

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📍 Barcoo, Council (LGA)

Where Barcoo sits — People born overseas

3.2% ▼ -29.0%

All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Barcoo — lower than 96% of areas.

Barcoo3.2%
Rest of Qld 18.4%
Queensland 22.7%
Australia 27.7%

Ancestry

The ancestries people most identify with.

English ancestry is the most common at 42.9%, followed by Australian at 38.0% and Irish at 13.6%.

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Barcoo splits fairly evenly between English (37%) and Australian (33%), with Irish at 12%.

English 42.9% Australian 38.0% Irish 13.6% German 10.7% Scottish 10.4% Dutch 1.3%

Country of birth

Australia and the largest overseas communities.

Only 3.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen by 1.3 percentage points since 2011.

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3.2% ▼ -29.0%

Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).

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In Barcoo, Australia is the majority at 97%; New Zealand is next at 2%.

Australia 83.1% New Zealand 1.3% Philippines 1.3%

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 Barcoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30450/barcoo/topic/ancestry-heritage