3.3% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Basalt · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Basalt
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Basalt than in most similar areas. This small community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a very low overseas-born population of just 3.3%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 44.2% and English at 31.2%, followed by Scottish, Irish, and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national rate of 27.7%. About 75.3% of the population was born in Australia, with New Zealand the next most common birthplace at 1.9%.
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 Basalt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30180/basalt/topic/ancestry-heritage