56.0% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 50.8%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sunnybank · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sunnybank
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of all residents in Sunnybank were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This creates a diverse community where Chinese ancestry is the most common, accounting for 34.7% of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most frequent here at 34.7%, followed by English at 18.2% and Australian at 13.1%. Other common ancestries include Irish at 5.4% and Scottish at 4.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 56% of people born overseas, Sunnybank's figure is far above the Queensland rate of 22.7% and rose 5.2 percentage points since 2011. While 39.7% were born in Australia, 16.6% were born in China, followed by India at 3.7%.
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 Sunnybank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303061079/sunnybank/topic/ancestry-heritage