7.8% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Comet · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Comet
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Comet identify as Australian, making it the most common ancestry in the area. The community has a very strong connection to its roots, with a high proportion of residents born in Australia compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian is the most common ancestry at 45.3%, followed by English at 29.2%, while Irish and Scottish roots are each held by 12.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (80.6%), with a small number of people born in the Philippines, New Zealand and South Africa.
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 Comet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30656/comet/topic/ancestry-heritage