11.1% ▲ +71.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Goomeri · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 11.1% of people in Goomeri were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. This makes it a community where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 43%, followed by Australian at 37.8%. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also present in about 12% of the population each.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 80% of residents were born in Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% for those born overseas. Of those born outside Australia, England and New Zealand are the most common origins at 2.5% each.
11.1% ▲ +71.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Goomeri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31197/goomeri/topic/ancestry-heritage