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In 2021, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) had the highest proportion of recent overseas arrivals, making up 15.8% of the total recent overseas arrivals in Rockhampton Regional Council.

Country of Birth data identifies where people were born. For recent arrivals, this indicates the countries which have provided overseas migrants to Rockhampton Regional Council in the last 5 years. This may be quite different to the overall cultural makeup of the place, and indicates the emerging or changing birthplace groups in the most recent time period.

To get a more complete picture of cultural and ethnic characteristics, Rockhampton Regional Council's Country of Birth data should be viewed together with Language Spoken at Home and Age Structure.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'In which country was the person born?'

Birthplace - Ranked by size
Rockhampton Regional Council - Recent arrivals2021
BirthplaceNumber%Regional QLD
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)28115.86.0
Philippines26114.67.2
India22012.39.4
Nepal1156.43.1
New Zealand945.39.7
United Kingdom905.09.9
Sri Lanka824.61.1
South Africa814.55.2
Vietnam422.41.6
Canada352.01.8
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Excludes countries with fewer than 10 people.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the country of birth of recent overseas arrivals in Rockhampton Regional Council in 2021 compared to Regional QLD shows that there was a similar proportion of people from a non-English speaking background.

The largest non-English speaking country of birth for the recent overseas arriving population in Rockhampton was China (excludes SARs and Taiwan), where 15.8% or 281 people were born.

The major differences between the countries of birth of the recent overseas arriving population in Rockhampton and Regional QLD were:

  • A larger percentage of people born in China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) (15.8% compared to 6.0%)
  • A larger percentage of people born in Philippines (14.6% compared to 7.2%)
  • A smaller percentage of people born in United Kingdom (5.0% compared to 9.9%)
  • A smaller percentage of people born in New Zealand (5.3% compared to 9.7%)

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