7.8% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deep roots in Europe and Australia shape the heritage of Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham, where nearly 15% of people claim Italian ancestry. This is a community with very few overseas-born residents, as the vast majority of people here were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 36% and English at 33.6%. Other significant groups include Italian at 14.8%, Irish at 9.9% and Scottish at 8.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.8% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Queensland and national levels and has barely changed since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (81.8%), followed by small groups from Italy, England, New Zealand and the Philippines.
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 Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31801/charters-towers-ayr-ingham/topic/ancestry-heritage