19.0% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bargara · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bargara
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in five people in Bargara were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia, the community remains predominantly of English and Australian descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 44.9%, followed by Australian at 35.9%. Other frequent ancestries include Irish (13.1%), Scottish (12.5%), and German (8.3%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.0% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is well below the national rate of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (76.1%), with England (6.0%) and New Zealand (2.9%) being the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Bargara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30157/bargara/topic/ancestry-heritage