13.4% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tablelands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tablelands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Tablelands than the national figure, with only 13.4% born outside Australia. This reflects a community with deep roots in the region, where the majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, each accounting for about 28% of the population, followed by Irish at 8.4% and Italian at 8.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 13.4% of people born overseas, Tablelands is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and far below the national average. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, while 75.9% of the population were born in 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 Tablelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315011400/tablelands/topic/ancestry-heritage