16.2% ▼ -49.7%
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Townsville · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Townsville
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Townsville than in the rest of the country. While most residents claim English, Australian or Irish ancestry, the proportion of people born outside Australia is far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 36.5%, followed by Australian at 32.3%, Irish at 12.3%, Scottish at 10.9% and German at 5.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 16.2% of people were born overseas, which is well below the Queensland figure and far below the Australian average. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 32.2% of the population was born abroad.
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 Townsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30088/townsville/topic/ancestry-heritage