In 2021, 80.5 per cent of the New Auckland population was born in Australia, compared to 79.6 per cent in the Gladstone Region.

A further 7.1 per cent were born overseas from one other English-speaking country, being Canada, England, New Zealand Scotland, South Africa and the United States of America. A further 3.7 per cent did not state their country of birth.

People from non-English speaking backgrounds make up 6 per cent of the New Auckland community, with community members being born in 22 different Non-English-speaking countries.

English was the main language spoken at home, spoken by 87.1 per cent of the New Auckland population. In addition to English there were another 33 other languages spoken in 2021.

The top 10 languages spoken in 2021 were:

• 1.1% or 59 people - Other
• 1% or 51 people - Tagalog
• 0.7% or 38 people - Filipino
• 0.7% or 37 people - Hindi  
• 0.6% or 29 people - Afrikaans  
• 0.5% or 28 people – Malayalam 
• 0.4% or 19 people - Punjabi 
• 0.3% or 14 people - Tamil 
• 0.2% or 13 people - French 
• 0.2% or 11 people - German

In 2021, there were 265 people that did not state the language spoken at home, equating to 5 per cent of the population.

The number and percentage of the population that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has almost doubled between 2011 and in 2021. In 2011 there were 198 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, living in New Auckland making up 4.2 per cent of the population. While in 2016 there were 222 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people or 4.4 per cent of the population. In 2021, 7.3 per cent or 387 members of the New Auckland community identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Meaning there were an additional 198 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in New Auckland when compared to 2011.