33.7% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chermside · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chermside
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Chermside, where 30.2% of people claim this heritage. This multicultural suburb is far more diverse than the typical Queensland town, with over a third of the population born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (30.2%) and Australian (25.3%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish (10.7%), Scottish (8.9%), and Chinese (5.3%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 33.7% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far above the Queensland average of 22.7% and well above the national figure. While 59.7% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are India (4.3%), New Zealand (3.7%), and the Philippines (3.4%).
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 Chermside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30593/chermside/topic/ancestry-heritage