4.4% ▼ -67.3%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Normanton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Normanton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A sharp decline in overseas-born residents has shaped the recent profile of Normanton (L), where the share of people born abroad fell by 9 percentage points since 2011. Most people here identify with Australian or English heritage, creating a population that is far more Australian-born than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 29.7%, followed by English at 16.1%, Irish at 4.0%, Scottish at 3.8% and German at 2.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.4% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and much lower than most similar areas. This is down from 13.4% in 2011, with 83.3% of residents now 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 Normanton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321079/normanton/topic/ancestry-heritage