4.6% ▼ -49.0%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Smithtown - Gladstone · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Smithtown - Gladstone
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestry are the most common roots for people in Smithtown - Gladstone (L), with 46% and 44.4% respectively. This reflects a community with deep ties to these backgrounds and a very low proportion of residents born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people identify as Australian (46%) or English (44.4%), followed by Irish at 11.7% and Scottish at 8.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the state and national averages. This proportion fell by 4.4 percentage points since 2011, and the vast majority of the population was born in Australia (86.4%).
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 Smithtown - Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121103/smithtown-gladstone/topic/ancestry-heritage