9.1% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bloomsbury · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bloomsbury
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Bloomsbury than in most similar areas. Around 9.1% of the population grew up outside Australia, which is a much smaller share than the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 46.8% and 35.6% of the population respectively, followed by Scottish, Irish and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 79.4% of residents were born in Australia, meaning the overseas-born population is far below the Queensland figure by 14 points and 19 points below the national average.
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 Bloomsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30289/bloomsbury/topic/ancestry-heritage