13.3% —
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gladstone · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gladstone
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer overseas-born residents have called Gladstone home since 2016, with the proportion falling to 13.3%. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than the rest of the state and the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 41.3% and English at 39.9%, followed by Scottish, Irish and German origins.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below Queensland's 22.7%. Most people were born in Australia (79.6%), with New Zealand and England as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30805/gladstone/topic/ancestry-heritage