5.4% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Georgetown · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Georgetown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 5.4% of people in Georgetown were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the town's population much more Australian-born than most other areas across the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half the community claims Australian ancestry, followed by English at 34.7% and Irish at 9.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Queensland and national figures, and has fallen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia, with 79.3% of the population born here.
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 Georgetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322048/georgetown/topic/ancestry-heritage