4.3% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gladstone · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gladstone
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.3% of people in Gladstone were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse in its birthplace than most other Australian regions. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with strong roots in English and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry at 46.5%, followed closely by English ancestry at 42.8%. Irish and Scottish roots are also common, making up 12.1% and 7.3% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. This is reflected in the fact that 86% of the population was born in Australia.
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/sal/SAL11643/gladstone/topic/ancestry-heritage