11.1% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Flynn · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Flynn
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Flynn than in most other parts of the country. Only 11.1% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that is far below the national average and has barely changed over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 41.3% and English at 38.7%. Other significant groups include Irish and Scottish, both at 9.7%, followed by German at 7.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 79.5% of people here were born in Australia, which helps explain why the 11.1% born overseas is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%. New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.5%.
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 Flynn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED311/flynn/topic/ancestry-heritage