9.4% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bamboo · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bamboo
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background in Bamboo, accounting for 41% of residents. The area has a very small proportion of people born overseas compared to the rest of the country, with nearly 85% of the population born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Along with Australian roots, many residents claim English (30.9%), Italian (18%), Irish (17.3%), or Scottish (11.5%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia, with New Zealand as the next most common birthplace at 2.9%.
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 Bamboo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30137/bamboo/topic/ancestry-heritage