29.7% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brendale · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 30% of people in Brendale were born overseas, a figure well above the Queensland average. This makes the area much more internationally diverse than most similar places, with a wide mix of cultural backgrounds. English and Australian ancestries remain the most common.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 33.5%, followed closely by Australian at 32.9%. Other notable ancestries include Scottish at 9.8%, Irish at 9.4% and German at 5.3%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 29.7% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most areas and 7.0 points above the Queensland figure. While 64.4% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are New Zealand, England, India and the Philippines.
29.7% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Brendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30367/brendale/topic/ancestry-heritage