9.0% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burdekin · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burdekin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 9.0% of people in Burdekin were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. While most residents have Australian or English roots, the area has a notably strong Italian influence compared to other regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 37.0% and 34.5%, but Italian ancestry is also prominent at 17.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Very few people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. This has barely changed since 2011, and Italy is the most common overseas birthplace at 1.5%.
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 Burdekin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA31900/burdekin/topic/ancestry-heritage