8.2% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Calliope · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Calliope
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Calliope than in the rest of the country, with only 8.2% of residents arriving from abroad. This gap is stark when compared to the national figure of 27.7%. The community is overwhelmingly of Australian and British descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the residents claim Australian ancestry (48.4%), followed by English (40.3%), Scottish (10.6%), and Irish (9.1%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (86.6%), while the next most common birthplaces are New Zealand, England, and South Africa.
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 Calliope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30491/calliope/topic/ancestry-heritage