16.9% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Arana Hills · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Arana Hills
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady pattern of heritage remains in Arana Hills, where English and Australian ancestries dominate. While the area is more diverse than many similar suburbs, the proportion of people born overseas is still far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (43.3%) and Australian (39.0%) are the most common ancestries here, followed by Irish at 14.9% and Scottish at 13.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.9% of residents were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Queensland figure. Most people were born in Australia (80.8%), with the next most common birthplaces being England (3.7%) and New Zealand (2.8%).
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 Arana Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30074/arana-hills/topic/ancestry-heritage