17.1% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mareeba · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mareeba
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shifting mix of backgrounds defines Mareeba, where 17.1% of people were born overseas. While this is higher than in many similar areas, it remains far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (31.9%) and English (30.1%), though a significant 13.9% of residents claim Italian heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 72.6% of people were born in Australia, Italy is the most common overseas birthplace at 3.1%, which is much higher than the figures for Queensland and Australia.
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 Mareeba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31763/mareeba/topic/ancestry-heritage