6.2% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Goondiwindi · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Goondiwindi
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very high proportion of people in Goondiwindi share deep roots in the region, with 84.4% born in Australia. This creates a community where most residents have a long-standing connection to the land and its history, with very few arrivals from overseas in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is common here at 38.8%, following Australian ancestry at 42.9%. Other common roots include Irish (12.1%), Scottish (10.8%) and German (6.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, when it sat at 5.5%.
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 Goondiwindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33610/goondiwindi/topic/ancestry-heritage