34.5% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sherwood - Indooroopilly · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sherwood - Indooroopilly
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Overseas births in Sherwood - Indooroopilly rose by 3.5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 34.5%. This makes the area much more diverse than most others, with over a third of residents born outside Australia. English and Australian are the most common ancestries, though Chinese ancestry is also prominent at 10.1%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (34.2%), Australian (27.7%), and Irish (13.4%) are the most frequent ancestries. Scottish and Chinese ancestries also feature prominently, making up 12.2% and 10.1% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 34.5% of people born overseas is far above the Queensland figure of 22.7% and well above the national figure of 27.7%. While 62.5% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China (4.5%), England (3.8%), and India (2.9%).
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 Sherwood - Indooroopilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30403/sherwood-indooroopilly/topic/ancestry-heritage