2.1% ▲ +716.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Palm Island · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Palm Island
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A tiny 2.1% of people in Palm Island were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much more likely to be born in Australia than most other parts of the country. The vast majority of residents were born here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 5.6%, followed by English at 4.4%, while Irish, Chinese and Scottish ancestries each make up less than 1% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 92.5% of residents were born in Australia. This is far below the Queensland rate of 22.7% and the Australian average of 27.7% for those born overseas.
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 Palm Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32260/palm-island/topic/ancestry-heritage