9.2% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cloncurry · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cloncurry
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Cloncurry compared to the rest of the country. Only 9.2% of residents were born outside Australia, which is nearly 19 points below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 36.2% and 29.6% of the population. Other notable groups include Irish at 10.4% and Scottish at 6.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The number of overseas-born residents has fallen from 12.2% in 2011 to 9.2%, a figure far below the Queensland average of 22.7%. Most people here were born in Australia, while New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.1%.
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 Cloncurry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315022/cloncurry/topic/ancestry-heritage