9.3% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ravenshoe · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ravenshoe
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Ravenshoe than in most similar areas. This small town has a strong pull toward its British roots, with about 69% of residents claiming English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (35%) and Australian (34%) ancestries are the most common, followed by Irish (10.2%) and Scottish (9.9%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.3% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and fell 5.9 percentage points since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia (77.6%).
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 Ravenshoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321088/ravenshoe/topic/ancestry-heritage