5.4% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Capella · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Capella
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 5.4% of people in Capella were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the town much more locally born than most other Australian areas, with the vast majority of residents hailing from Australian and British roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 42.4% and 34.4% of the population respectively. Other common backgrounds include Irish, Scottish, and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is far below the Queensland figure by 17 points and the national figure by 22 points. Most residents were born in Australia (77.2%), followed by small numbers from New Zealand and England.
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 Capella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30530/capella/topic/ancestry-heritage