8.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coal Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coal Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8% of people in Coal Creek were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse than most other parts of Australia. Most residents identify with traditional British and European roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Half of the people here claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 44% and Scottish at 14%. German and Irish ancestries are also common, at 12% and 6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 82% of the population born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Queensland figure by 15 points and the national figure by 20 points.
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 Coal Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30635/coal-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage