10.3% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Emu Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common in Emu Park, where 41.8% of people claim these roots. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a very low proportion of residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Many residents identify with British roots, with English, Australian, Scottish, and Irish ancestries making up the vast majority of the population. German ancestry is also notable at 6.8%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011, with 80.8% of the population born in Australia.
10.3% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Emu Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031207/emu-park/topic/ancestry-heritage