6.6% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Arriga · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Arriga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian is the most common ancestry reported in Arriga, where 4.2% of residents claim this heritage. The area is predominantly born in Australia, with a very small proportion of the population having migrated from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Alongside Australian ancestry, the most common roots are English at 3.3%, Italian at 3.1%, Irish at 1.1%, and German at 0.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.6% of people here were born overseas, a figure far below the Queensland rate of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (90.8%), followed by small numbers from New Zealand, England, Italy, 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 Arriga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30087/arriga/topic/ancestry-heritage