3.6% ▲ +694.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pormpuraaw · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pormpuraaw
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small proportion of people born overseas live in Pormpuraaw, where local roots are the defining feature of the community. Only 3.6% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that is far below the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries recorded are English at 4.6%, Australian at 3.6%, and Irish at 2.0%. Italian and Scottish backgrounds are also present in small numbers.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.6% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. This is reflected in the fact that 85.9% of the population were born in 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 Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32349/pormpuraaw/topic/ancestry-heritage