10.0% —
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rockhampton · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rockhampton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 10% of people in Rockhampton were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much more Australian-born than most other parts of the country. Strong ties to British and Irish roots remain a defining feature of the local population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 41.4% and 38.7% of the population respectively. Irish (10.7%), Scottish (9.6%), and German (6.4%) roots also follow.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the Australian figure of 27.7%. This has barely changed since 2016, when the figure was 9.4%. Most residents were born in Australia (82.6%), followed by New Zealand (1.5%) and England (1.3%).
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 Rockhampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36370/rockhampton/topic/ancestry-heritage