6.5% ▲ —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Boigu Island · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Boigu Island
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Local roots run deep in Boigu Island, where the vast majority of people were born within Australia. Very few residents have origins from overseas, creating a community with a strong, consistent connection to the land.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common listed at 5.0%, followed by Scottish ancestry at 1.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland (22.7%) and Australia (27.7%). This is consistent with the fact that 92.0% of residents were 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 Boigu Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30301/boigu-island/topic/ancestry-heritage