15.5% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bowen · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bowen
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents now live in Bowen, where the proportion has risen by 2.0 percentage points since 2011. While the town is becoming more international, about 15.5% of people were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in Bowen claim Australian (37.0%) or English (35.0%) ancestry, followed by Scottish, Irish, and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 15.5% of residents born overseas is much higher than in most similar areas, though this is well below the Queensland average. Australia is the most common birthplace at 74.1%, with New Zealand, England, the Philippines, and Vietnam as the next most frequent origins.
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 Bowen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314006/bowen/topic/ancestry-heritage