14.0% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Townsville · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Townsville
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Townsville than in the rest of the state or country. While 78.7% of residents were born in Australia, the area maintains a strong connection to British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (37.6%) and Australian (37.1%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish (11.3%) and Scottish (10.5%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 14.0% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This has barely changed since 2011 and remains well below the Queensland average of 22.7%.
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 Townsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37010/townsville/topic/ancestry-heritage