10.0% ▼ -32.9%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Proserpine · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Proserpine
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people born overseas have lived in Proserpine since 2011, with that figure falling 4.9 percentage points. Now only 10% of the population was born in another country, making it far less diverse than the national average. Most locals identify with traditional British and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45%, followed by Australian at 40.1%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, making up 10.8% and 10.6% of the community respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 27.7% seen across Australia. The vast majority were born in Australia (84.1%), with New Zealand and England as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Proserpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315081/proserpine/topic/ancestry-heritage