19.5% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chandler · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chandler
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English roots are the most common tie for people in Chandler, where 39.7% of residents claim this ancestry. The area has a strong connection to British and Irish heritage, though it has fewer overseas-born residents than the typical Australian suburb.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 39.7% and 32.6% of the population. Scottish, Irish, and German roots follow as the next most common backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.5% of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the figures for both Queensland and Australia, with 77.4% of residents born here.
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 Chandler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30579/chandler/topic/ancestry-heritage