8.4% ▼ -38.2%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Calliope · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Calliope
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Calliope in 2021 compared to a decade ago. This shift means the town is now far more Australian-born than the state or national average, with the vast majority of residents claiming English, Scottish or Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 48% and 39.7% of the population, followed by Scottish at 10.8% and Irish at 9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.4% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national 27.7% and has fallen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia (86.6%), with New Zealand the next most common birthplace at 3%.
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 Calliope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315012/calliope/topic/ancestry-heritage