17.1% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bokarina · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady shift in backgrounds is visible in Bokarina, where 17.1% of people were born overseas. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 45.5%, followed by Australian (37.7%) and Irish (11.6%).
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 77.9% of residents were born in Australia. The number of overseas-born residents is well below the Queensland average and far below the national figure, with England and New Zealand being the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
17.1% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Bokarina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30302/bokarina/topic/ancestry-heritage