8.2% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Goldfields · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Goldfields
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people born overseas live in Goldfields, a trend that has remained steady since 2011. Only 8.2% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim English (61.2%), Australian (30.6%), or Irish (14.3%) ancestry, with Scottish roots also common at 12.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 93.9% of residents born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born people is far below the 22.7% seen across Queensland and 27.7% across the nation.
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 Goldfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31181/goldfields/topic/ancestry-heritage