55.3% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Calamvale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Calamvale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Calamvale were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This makes it one of the most diverse areas of its size, where a large proportion of residents trace their roots to China and India.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common here at 30.9%, followed by English at 15.3% and Australian at 12.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than half of residents (55.3%) were born outside Australia, which is far above the 22.7% seen in Queensland. While 40.6% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China (13.6%) and India (5.9%).
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 Calamvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30480/calamvale/topic/ancestry-heritage