2.0% ▼ -89.2%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Napranum · Urban Centre
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of local heritage defines Napranum (L), where very few people were born outside Australia. The community has a deep connection to the land, with a tiny fraction of the population identifying with overseas ancestries.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common overseas link at 4.6%, followed by Australian at 1.9%, Irish at 0.6%, and German at 0.5%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is among the lowest proportions for similar areas and has fallen 17 points since 2011, with 79.7% of residents born in Australia.
2.0% ▼ -89.2%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Napranum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321076/napranum/topic/ancestry-heritage