3.6% ▲ +694.5%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pormpuraaw · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pormpuraaw
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small rise in overseas births has shifted the demographic profile of Pormpuraaw since 2011. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, and very few people here identify with non-Australian ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries reported are English at 4.6%, Australian at 3.6%, Irish at 2.0%, and Scottish at 1.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and among the lowest for similar areas. This figure rose 3.1 percentage points since 2011, with 85.9% 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 Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36070/pormpuraaw/topic/ancestry-heritage