4.6% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Carpentaria · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Carpentaria
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Carpentaria than in most similar areas. This sparsely populated region is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with only 4.6% of residents arriving from another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries listed here, accounting for 18.5% and 13.2% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland figure of 22.7%. This has barely changed since 2011, when the figure was 4.3%.
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 Carpentaria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315021404/carpentaria/topic/ancestry-heritage