4.7% ▲ +42.2%
Lower than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
4422, QLD · Postcode
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for people in postcode 4422, where 41.6% of residents claim this heritage. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born and has a very small proportion of people born overseas compared to the rest of the country.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 41.6% and 38.5% of the population respectively. Other common backgrounds include Irish (13.6%), Scottish (11.9%), and German (8.3%).
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and among the lowest across similar areas. This figure rose slightly by 1.4 percentage points since 2011, with 83% of people born in Australia.
4.7% ▲ +42.2%
Lower than 92% of postcode areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in 4422, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4422/4422-qld/topic/ancestry-heritage