10.3% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blackwater · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blackwater
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Blackwater than in the rest of the state. Only 10.3% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%. This reflects a population with very strong domestic roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 40.3% and English at 32.6%. Other significant ancestral groups include Irish, Scottish and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas fell 6.6 percentage points since 2011 to reach 10.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (74.3%), followed by New Zealand at 4.1%.
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 Blackwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315008/blackwater/topic/ancestry-heritage