6.4% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
4498, QLD · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 4498, QLD
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 6.4% of people in postcode 4498 were born overseas, making it far less diverse than most of the country. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong presence of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 40.4% and 39.4%, followed by Irish at 11.2% and Scottish at 9.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the national figure of 27.7%, though it rose slightly from 5.5% in 2011 to 6.4% in 2021. About 80.9% of residents were born in Australia, with New Zealand and England being the most common other birthplaces.
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 4498, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4498/4498-qld/topic/ancestry-heritage