7.2% ▲ +45.1%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burketown · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burketown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.2% of people in Burketown were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. Most residents have roots in Australia and the United Kingdom, creating a profile that is much less diverse than other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 25.1%, followed by English at 17.4% and Scottish at 7.8%. Other notable ancestries include German at 3.0% and Irish at 2.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is much lower than most areas, sitting at 7.2% compared to the Australian figure of 27.7%. While this is far below the national level, the share of overseas-born residents rose 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
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 Burketown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322022/burketown/topic/ancestry-heritage