6.0% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Boyne Valley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Boyne Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 6% of people in Boyne Valley were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This is a community where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia and trace their roots back to British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 38.9%, Irish at 15%, and Scottish at 13%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6% of the population was born overseas, a figure far below the 22.7% seen across Queensland and 27.7% for Australia. Most people here were born in Australia (85.4%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 2.7%.
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 Boyne Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30347/boyne-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage