5.7% ▼ -71.4%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Springsure · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Springsure
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 Springsure than in most other areas, at just 5.7%. This reflects a community with deep roots in the region, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in the area claim Australian (42.4%) or English (40.8%) ancestry, with Irish, Scottish, and German roots also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has fallen 14 points since 2011, leaving the current figure far below the Queensland rate of 22.7%. About 81.7% of residents were born in Australia, followed by small numbers from the Philippines, South Africa, England, and New Zealand.
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 Springsure [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321096/springsure/topic/ancestry-heritage