0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Barkly · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Barkly
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Barkly than in the rest of the country. This sparsely populated area is almost entirely Australian-born, with the vast majority of residents claiming English, Irish, or Scottish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 76%, followed by English and Irish backgrounds, both at 28%, and Scottish at 12%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No one in Barkly was born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Consequently, 68% 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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30161/barkly/topic/ancestry-heritage