10.8% —
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rockhampton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rockhampton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of local heritage shapes daily life in Rockhampton, where a far lower proportion of people were born overseas than in the rest of the country. Most residents identify with traditional roots, with about 40% claiming Australian ancestry and nearly 39% claiming English heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here. Irish, Scottish, and German roots also feature prominently, making up about 11%, 10%, and 6% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.8% of people in Rockhampton were born overseas, a figure far below the national average of 27.7%. While this has risen slightly by 0.8 percentage points since 2016, the Philippines and New Zealand are now the most common overseas birthplaces after 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 Rockhampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL311004/rockhampton/topic/ancestry-heritage