8.6% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kilkivan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kilkivan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The ancestral makeup of Kilkivan has remained steady over the last decade, with English and Australian roots still dominating. Most of the population is born here or has deep ties to the British Isles, creating a community with very few overseas-born residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.7%, followed closely by Australian at 41.4%. Other common roots include Irish at 14.7% and Scottish at 12.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the 22.7% seen in Queensland and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, with England as the most common overseas birthplace at 3.8%.
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 Kilkivan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31529/kilkivan/topic/ancestry-heritage