17.1% ▲ +28.6%
Lower than 68% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blair · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blair
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Blair than in most similar areas. While the number of residents born abroad has risen to 17.1%, the community remains predominantly Australian-born.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 39% and 37.5% of the population. Other common backgrounds include Scottish, Irish, and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 17.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below Queensland's 22.7%. This figure rose 3.8 percentage points since 2011, with New Zealand, England, India, and the Philippines being the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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 Blair [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED301/blair/topic/ancestry-heritage