11.7% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Central Highlands · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Central Highlands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Central Highlands (Qld), where 40.2% of people claim this background. This region has a very high proportion of people born in Australia compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 36.4%, followed by Irish (10.4%), Scottish (9.7%) and German (6.1%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland figure of 22.7%. While this number rose slightly since 2011, 76.8% of the population 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 Central Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32270/central-highlands/topic/ancestry-heritage