4.3% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Athol · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Athol
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A huge gap separates Athol from the rest of the country, with only 4.3% of residents born overseas. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%, marking the area as overwhelmingly Australian-born. Most people here trace their family roots back to the British Isles or Germany.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 41.0%, followed by Australian at 36.7%. German roots are also significant at 21.6%, while Irish and Scottish ancestry account for 18.7% and 9.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of people in Athol were born in Australia, representing 92.1% of the population. This makes the proportion of overseas-born residents much lower than most other areas, sitting 18 points below the Queensland figure.
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 Athol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30097/athol/topic/ancestry-heritage