3.1% ▼ -72.9%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
4462, QLD · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 4462, QLD
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 3.1% of people in postcode 4462 were born overseas, a figure that has dropped sharply since 2011. This area is far more likely to be born in Australia than the state or national average, with a strong ancestral link to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify with their heritage from the British Isles, with Australian (38.3%), English (31.3%), Irish (19.5%), and Scottish (17.2%) being the most common ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents fell 8.4 percentage points since 2011 to just 3.1%, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it one of the areas with the lowest percentage of overseas-born people in the region.
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 4462, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4462/4462-qld/topic/ancestry-heritage