8.2% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Colosseum · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Colosseum
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.2% of people in Colosseum were born overseas, making it a place with a very low proportion of migrants. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents here identify with British and Irish roots, reflecting a strong connection to traditional ancestral ties.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, each representing 44.6% of the population. Irish, Scottish, and German roots are also present, with Irish being the next most frequent at 9.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The percentage of people born overseas is far below both the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the Australian average. Around 80.4% of the population was born in Australia, with New Zealand as the most common overseas birthplace at 2.2%.
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 Colosseum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30653/colosseum/topic/ancestry-heritage