14.0% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Booval · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Booval
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common in Booval, with 74.8% of residents claiming one or both. While the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than many similar places, it remains far more Australian-born than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 39.7%, followed closely by Australian at 35.1%. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also common, making up 12.6% and 12.3% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 14% of people here were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Queensland figure of 22.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (76.8%), with New Zealand and England as the next most common 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 Booval [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30332/booval/topic/ancestry-heritage