13.8% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Karumba · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Karumba
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost 38% of people in Karumba identify as Australian by ancestry, the most common heritage in the area. This is a community where most residents were born in Australia, though it has a higher share of overseas-born people than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is very common at 34.7%, while Irish and Scottish roots are also significant, making up 10.3% and 9.9% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 13.8% of residents were born overseas—a figure higher than in most similar areas—this is still far below the national rate of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (72.1%), with England as the most frequent overseas birthplace at 1.8%.
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 Karumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31492/karumba/topic/ancestry-heritage