6.9% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Adavale · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Adavale than in most similar areas. Only 6.9% of the population was born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the community much more domestically born than the typical Australian town.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common, at 45.8%, followed by English at 33.3% and Irish at 16.7%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 90.3% of residents born in Australia, the birthplace of the community is far below the Queensland state average of 22.7%. Of those born overseas, New Zealand is the most common origin at 5.6%.
6.9% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Adavale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30010/adavale/topic/ancestry-heritage