20.0% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Iron Range · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A birth rate for people born overseas that is well below the national figure defines Iron Range. While 20% of residents were born in another country, this is much higher than in most similar areas. English and Australian ancestries are the most common roots here.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 30%, followed by Australian at 26.7% and German at 10%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20% of people here were born overseas, which is a little below the Queensland figure. Nearly half the population was born in Australia, while 13.3% come from New Zealand.
20.0% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Iron Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31407/iron-range/topic/ancestry-heritage