8.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rodds Bay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rodds Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.3% of people in Rodds Bay were born overseas, making it a place with very few international arrivals. Most residents have deep roots in the region, with English and Australian ancestries dominating the local family histories.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than half of residents claim English ancestry, while 36.8% identify as Australian. Scottish, Irish, and German backgrounds also make up a notable part of the local mix.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland figure of 22.7%. About 80.5% of the population were born in Australia, followed by small numbers from England and New Zealand.
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 Rodds Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32460/rodds-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage