3.1% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Columbia · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Columbia
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people born overseas live in Columbia, where the population has remained largely unchanged in its origins since 2011. Most residents claim English or Australian ancestry, with only 3.1% of the community born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 41.2% and 39.2% of the population respectively. Other notable groups include Irish (12.4%) and Scottish (5.2%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.1% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland rate of 22.7%. About 82.5% of people in Columbia were born in Australia.
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 Columbia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30654/columbia/topic/ancestry-heritage