6.6% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Struck Oil · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Struck Oil
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Struck Oil compared to the rest of the country. Only 6.6% of the population was born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents here trace their roots back to British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Over half of the people in Struck Oil claim Australian ancestry, followed by English (42.4%), Scottish (13.9%), and Irish (6.6%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (86.1%), a figure that is far below the Queensland average of 22.7%. New Zealand and England are the most common overseas birthplaces, though they each account for a small minority of the population.
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 Struck Oil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32682/struck-oil/topic/ancestry-heritage