9.0% ▲ +28.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Collinsville · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Collinsville
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Local roots remain a defining feature of Collinsville, where the proportion of people born overseas has stayed low over the last decade. Roughly 75% of residents were born in Australia, with the vast majority of others claiming British or Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 39% and English at 36.1%. Other significant groups include Scottish (11%), Irish (7.1%), and German (3.7%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national average of 27.7%. Aside from Australia, the most common birthplaces are the Philippines (2.3%) and New Zealand (1.5%).
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 Collinsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30652/collinsville/topic/ancestry-heritage