7.9% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
4407, QLD · Postcode
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far smaller proportion of people were born overseas in postcode 4407 than in the rest of Queensland or Australia. While 27.7% of Australians were born abroad, only 7.9% of people in this area share that experience. The population is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with strong ties to English and Irish roots.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each claimed by about 39% of residents. Irish and German backgrounds follow at 10.7% each, while 8.3% of people identify as Scottish.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.9% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average and has barely changed since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia (81.4%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, the Philippines, and New Zealand.
7.9% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in 4407, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4407/4407-qld/topic/ancestry-heritage