26.8% ▲ +46.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Innisfail · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Innisfail
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing mix of global backgrounds has shaped Innisfail over the last decade. More than a quarter of the people here were born overseas, which is well above the Queensland average. This international influence is reflected in a diverse range of ancestral roots and birthplaces.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 23.2% and 19.5%, while Italian roots are also prominent at 6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 26.8% of people were born overseas, a figure much higher than most similar areas. While 62.4% were born in Australia, India is the most common overseas birthplace at 8.3%.
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 Innisfail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31398/innisfail/topic/ancestry-heritage