30.2% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 74% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brisbane Inner City · Region (SA4)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brisbane Inner City
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of people born overseas now call Brisbane Inner City home, with that figure rising by 3.6 percentage points since 2011. Around 30.2% of the population was born in another country, which is well above the Queensland figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 35.7%, followed by Australian at 27.7% and Irish at 15.2%. Scottish and Chinese ancestries also feature, at 11.8% and 5.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 30.2%, the share of people born overseas is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. While 64.9% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, China and India.
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 Brisbane Inner City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/305/brisbane-inner-city/topic/ancestry-heritage