7.4% ▼ -61.1%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Goombungee · Urban Centre
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Goombungee than in the rest of Queensland or Australia. While most residents claim Australian or English ancestry, the overall proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen significantly over the last decade.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the people here claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 38.3%, German at 13.1%, and Irish at 10.8%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.4% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and has fallen 12 points since 2011. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (86.4%).
7.4% ▼ -61.1%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Goombungee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321047/goombungee/topic/ancestry-heritage