6.2% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Charters Towers · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Charters Towers
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Charters Towers compared to the rest of the state or country. Only 6.2% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 41.8% and English at 36.9%, followed by Irish at 11% and Scottish at 9.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 6.2% of the population was born overseas, a figure that is far below the Queensland rate of 22.7% and has barely changed since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (79.8%), with New Zealand and England being the next most common birthplaces.
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 Charters Towers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32310/charters-towers/topic/ancestry-heritage