36.4% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Oxley · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Oxley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in Oxley than in most similar areas. This diverse community sees 36.4% of its residents born abroad, a figure that has risen steadily since 2011. While English and Australian ancestries are most common, there is a significant Vietnamese presence in the area.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 28.0%, followed by Australian at 24.8%. Other prominent ancestral groups include Vietnamese, Irish, and Scottish, each making up over 7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far above the Queensland figure of 22.7% and well above the national 27.7%. While 59.2% of people were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are New Zealand, Vietnam, India and England.
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 Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED325/oxley/topic/ancestry-heritage