5.0% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Paroo · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Paroo
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 Paroo, where nearly 40% of people claim this descent. The region is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with only 5% of the population arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most frequent, making up 39.7% and 33.2% of the population respectively. Other common roots include Irish at 8.7%, Scottish at 8.4%, and German at 4.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland (22.7%) and Australia (27.7%). This has barely changed since 2011 and remains much lower than most areas, with 87.6% of residents 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 Paroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35800/paroo/topic/ancestry-heritage