7.8% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Charters Towers City · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Charters Towers City
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Charters Towers City compared to the rest of the state and country. Only 7.8% of the population was born outside Australia, which is a much smaller share than the national figure. Most residents share a strong ancestral link to the British Isles and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 41.1% and English at 34.1%. Other notable groups include Irish at 11.6% and Scottish at 9.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national average of 27.7%. Aside from Australia, the most common birthplaces are New Zealand, England, and the Philippines.
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 Charters Towers City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30585/charters-towers-city/topic/ancestry-heritage