10.1% —
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Livingstone · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Livingstone
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of traditional heritage defines Livingstone, where 82% of residents were born in Australia. The area has a very deep connection to British and Irish roots, with those ancestries making up the vast majority of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, each accounting for 41.0% of the population. Irish ancestry follows at 11.9%, with Scottish and German roots also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.1% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below both the Queensland and national averages. This proportion of overseas-born residents has barely changed since 2016.
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 Livingstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34530/livingstone/topic/ancestry-heritage