10.2% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Miles · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Miles
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deeply rooted British and Irish heritage shapes the identity of Miles, where 84.4% of residents claim Australian, English, Irish, or Scottish ancestry. The town is predominantly local, with far fewer overseas-born residents than the state or national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 40.9% and 35.4%, followed by Irish at 9.9%, Scottish at 8.1%, and German at 6.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.2% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the Queensland (22.7%) and Australian (27.7%) rates. This proportion has also fallen slightly since 2011, with 75.5% of the population born in 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 Miles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315062/miles/topic/ancestry-heritage