59.4% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Robertson · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Robertson
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An increasing number of overseas-born residents now live in Robertson, where 59.4% of the population was born in another country. This is far above the figures for Queensland and Australia, marking it as one of the most internationally diverse areas at this level.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common at 35.2%, followed by English at 15.1%, Australian at 10.7%, Indian at 8.4% and Irish at 5.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 60% of people here were born overseas, a figure that rose 2.8 percentage points since 2011. This is far above the national figure of 27.7%, with the most common birthplaces being Australia (35.2%), China (14.1%) and India (10.0%).
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 Robertson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303041069/robertson/topic/ancestry-heritage