8.9% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Alice River · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Alice River
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common root for people in Alice River, where 46% of residents claim this heritage. This local identity is strongly reflected in the birthplaces of the population, with the vast majority of people born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 43.6%, followed by Scottish (11.6%) and Irish (10.6%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.9% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the national 27.7% and the Queensland figure of 22.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (88.5%), with England and New Zealand being the most common overseas 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 Alice River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30034/alice-river/topic/ancestry-heritage