6.1% ▲ +363.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Boulia · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Boulia
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few changes have occurred in the ancestral makeup of Boulia since 2011, with the area remaining overwhelmingly Australian and British in origin. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, contributing to a birthplace profile that is far more domestic than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 39.8% and 37.3% of the population respectively. Other common roots include Scottish (7.0%), Irish (6.4%), and German (2.9%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national average of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia (83.1%), followed by England (2.2%) and New Zealand (1.6%).
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 Boulia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30340/boulia/topic/ancestry-heritage