36.0% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chapel Hill · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chapel Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in Chapel Hill than in most similar areas. About 36% of the population grew up abroad, a figure that sits well above the national average. This international mix is reflected in a diverse range of ancestries, with English and Australian being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 36.4%, followed by Australian (28.6%), Irish (12.4%), Scottish (11.2%) and Chinese (9.7%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is among the highest at this level, at 36%. This is far above the Queensland figure of 22.7% and well above the Australian average of 27.7%. While 62.7% of people were born in Australia, other common birthplaces include England, South Africa, China and New Zealand.
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 Chapel Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30580/chapel-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage