8.8% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Finch Hatton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Finch Hatton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Finch Hatton compared to the rest of the country. Only 8.8% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much more homogenous than most other parts of Queensland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 37.6% and 33.2% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish and German heritage also make up a significant part of the community's roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents fell by 1.9 percentage points since 2011 to 8.8%, a figure far below the Queensland average of 22.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (71.2%), with New Zealand and England as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Finch Hatton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322044/finch-hatton/topic/ancestry-heritage