4.1% ▼ -48.6%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
McKinlay · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in McKinlay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.1% of people in McKinlay were born overseas, which is among the lowest figures for any similar area. This makes the community far less diverse in birthplaces than the rest of Queensland or Australia. Most residents trace their roots back to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 40.7% and 32.7% of the population. Irish and Scottish heritage are also prominent, accounting for 12.4% and 10.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen 3.8 percentage points since 2011 to reach 4.1%. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%, with 76.8% of people 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 McKinlay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34800/mckinlay/topic/ancestry-heritage