25.3% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bracken Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bracken Ridge
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of residents were born overseas, with 25.3% of people in Bracken Ridge now arriving from other countries. This shift reflects a community where over a quarter of the population was born outside Australia, contributing to a diverse mix of cultural backgrounds.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries, making up 37.3% and 34.3% of the population. Irish (12.2%), Scottish (10.1%), and German (6.3%) ancestries also feature prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than one in four people here were born overseas, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Queensland rate. While 72.3% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are New Zealand, India, England, and the Philippines.
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 Bracken Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30353/bracken-ridge/topic/ancestry-heritage