26.6% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Gravatt · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Gravatt
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a quarter of people in Mount Gravatt were born overseas, making it more culturally diverse than most similar areas. This mix is reflected in a community where English, Australian, and Irish are the most common ancestries. The proportion of overseas-born residents has risen since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (32.5%), Australian (30.2%) and Irish (13.3%) are the most common ancestries. Scottish and Chinese ancestries also feature, at 10.4% and 5.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 26.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is well above the Queensland average and rose 1.7 percentage points since 2011. While 68.7% were born in Australia, the largest overseas groups come from New Zealand (2.9%), England (2.6%), India (2.4%) and China (2.0%).
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 Mount Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303031063/mount-gravatt/topic/ancestry-heritage