4.5% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bunya Mountains · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bunya Mountains
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.5% of people in Bunya Mountains were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area stand out as being much more Australian-born than most other parts of the country. The population is predominantly of English, Australian and Irish descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than half of residents claim English ancestry, followed by Australian at 32.7% and Irish at 23.6%. Other common backgrounds include Scottish and German, both at 11.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Queensland figure by 18 points and the national figure by 23 points. This is reflected in the fact that 89.1% of people were born in Australia.
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 Bunya Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30439/bunya-mountains/topic/ancestry-heritage