16.3% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burpengary · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burpengary
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Burpengary compared to the national figure, with only 16.3% of residents arriving from abroad. This gap is stark, as the figure is well below the Queensland average and far below the Australian average. Most locals identify as English or Australian by descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (43.0%) and Australian (41.3%) are the most common ancestries here, followed by Scottish (10.6%), Irish (10.0%), and German (6.1%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 16.3% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas, this is still far below the 27.7% national average. Most residents were born in Australia (79.0%), with other common birthplaces being New Zealand, England, the Philippines and South Africa.
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 Burpengary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30451/burpengary/topic/ancestry-heritage