18.4% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Geebung · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Geebung
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of local roots defines Geebung, where nearly 80% of residents were born in Australia. While the area has become slightly more diverse over the last decade, it remains much less multicultural than the state and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 37.8% and 36.8% of the population respectively. Other frequent roots include Irish, Scottish, and German ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 18.4% of people here were born overseas, which is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national average of 27.7%. This proportion has risen slightly by 2 percentage points since 2011, with New Zealand, England, India and the Philippines being the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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 Geebung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/302021030/geebung/topic/ancestry-heritage