27.0% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Crestmead · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Crestmead
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than a quarter of the people living in Crestmead were born overseas, creating a diverse community where global backgrounds are common. This mix is clear in the local data, where people from many different countries live side by side.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, each claimed by around 30% of residents. Other common ancestral roots include Scottish, Irish, and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 27% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure. New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 8.8%, followed by England, the Philippines and India.
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 Crestmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30750/crestmead/topic/ancestry-heritage