13.8% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Karumba · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Karumba
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Karumba than in 2011, with the share rising to 13.8%. This reflects a small but steady shift in a community where most residents still have Australian, English, or Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian at 37.2% and English at 34.7%, followed by Irish at 10.3% and Scottish at 9.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the share of overseas-born residents rose to 13.8%, this remains far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (72.1%), with smaller numbers from 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 Karumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322067/karumba/topic/ancestry-heritage