7.4% ▲ +47.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burketown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burketown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background in Burketown, making up 29.9% of the population. This small town has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country. Most people here were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, accounting for 29.9% and 17.6% of residents. Scottish, German, and Irish backgrounds also make up a smaller part of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland rate of 22.7%. This is lower than most other areas, with 82.4% of the population 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 Burketown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30443/burketown/topic/ancestry-heritage