12.6% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Aratula · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Aratula
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Overseas births in Aratula have stayed around the middle for its level, though the area remains far less diverse than the state and nation. Most residents identify as English or Australian, with 87.9% claiming one of these two ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 45.2% and 42.7% of the population. Other common roots include German at 10%, Scottish at 9.2%, and Irish at 9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.6% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the 22.7% seen in Queensland and the 27.7% national average. Most residents were born in Australia (76.2%), while the next most common birthplaces are England (5.4%) and New Zealand (1%).
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 Aratula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30076/aratula/topic/ancestry-heritage