31.8% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brisbane · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brisbane
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of residents were born overseas in Brisbane compared to most other areas. This international mix is reflected in a diverse heritage, with English and Australian being the most common ancestries at 33.3% and 27.9% respectively.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, followed by Irish at 12.3%, Scottish at 10.2%, and Chinese at 7.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 31.8% of people were born overseas, a figure that is well above both the Queensland (22.7%) and national (27.7%) rates. This proportion has risen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011, with the most common birthplaces being Australia (64.4%), England (3.4%), and New Zealand (3.4%).
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 Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA31000/brisbane/topic/ancestry-heritage