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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, India had the highest proportion of recent overseas arrivals, making up 12.5% of the total recent overseas arrivals in the City of Townsville.
Country of Birth data identifies where people were born. For recent arrivals, this indicates the countries which have provided overseas migrants to the City of Townsville 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, the City of Townsville'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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Townsville - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
| Birthplace | Number | % | Regional QLD |
| India | 556 | 12.5 | 9.4 |
| Philippines | 395 | 8.9 | 7.2 |
| United Kingdom | 384 | 8.7 | 9.9 |
| New Zealand | 287 | 6.5 | 9.7 |
| South Africa | 179 | 4.0 | 5.2 |
| United States of America | 168 | 3.8 | 2.5 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | 154 | 3.5 | 0.4 |
| China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) | 127 | 2.9 | 6.0 |
| Korea, Republic of (South) | 115 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| Congo, Republic of | 109 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the country of birth of recent overseas arrivals in the City of Townsville 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 the City of Townsville was India, where 12.5% or 556 people were born.
The major differences between the countries of birth of the recent overseas arriving population in the City of Townsville and Regional QLD were:
- A larger percentage of people born in India (12.5% compared to 9.4%)
- A smaller percentage of people born in Brazil (1.2% compared to 4.7%)
- A smaller percentage of people born in New Zealand (6.5% compared to 9.7%)
- A smaller percentage of people born in China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) (2.9% compared to 6.0%)
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