5.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blacksoil · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blacksoil
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Blacksoil than in most similar areas. The vast majority of the population was born in Australia, and ancestral roots here are predominantly British and Irish.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than half of the people in Blacksoil claim Australian ancestry, while English ancestry is also very common at 44.3%. Scottish, Irish, and German roots are less frequent but still present.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. About 92.5% of the population was born in Australia, with England the most common overseas birthplace at 2.8%.
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 Blacksoil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30278/blacksoil/topic/ancestry-heritage