9.9% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Granite Belt · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Granite Belt
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 9.9% of people in Granite Belt were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the region much less diverse in birthplace than most other Australian areas. The population is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong heritage of English and Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 41.0% and 40.7% of the population respectively. Other significant roots include Irish at 13.5% and Scottish at 11.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 81.8% of residents born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born people is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%. This has barely changed over the last decade, as the figure moved only from 9.8% in 2011 to 9.9% in 2021.
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 Granite Belt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30703/granite-belt/topic/ancestry-heritage