4.5% ▲ +28.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cunnamulla · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cunnamulla
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A tiny 4.5% of people in Cunnamulla were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. The town is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with ancestry tied strongly to British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
People in the area most commonly identify as Australian (38.8%) or English (30.9%). Other common ancestries include Irish at 7.2% and Scottish at 6.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.5% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that is much lower than most areas and far below the Queensland average of 22.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (88.6%), followed by small numbers from New Zealand, England, India, 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 Cunnamulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30767/cunnamulla/topic/ancestry-heritage