5.9% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cambooya · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cambooya
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Steady ancestral ties define Cambooya, where nearly half of the residents claim Australian ancestry. This small community remains very traditional in its roots, with the vast majority of people born here or in the UK.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 47.3% and English at 38.9%. Other significant groups include Irish, Scottish and German heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (86%), followed by small numbers from England and New Zealand.
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 Cambooya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30496/cambooya/topic/ancestry-heritage