19.3% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Alligator Creek · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Alligator Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in Alligator Creek than in most similar areas. While 19.3% of the population was born abroad, this figure is well below the rates seen across Queensland and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 42.3% and English at 37.2%, followed by Irish, Scottish, and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly one in five people here were born overseas, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (71.9%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, New Zealand, the Philippines, and South Africa.
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 Alligator Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322001/alligator-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage