18.5% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Deagon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Deagon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Much more of the population was born overseas in Deagon than in most similar areas. While the area has a strong British and Irish heritage, the proportion of residents born outside Australia is well below the national and state figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 42.2%, followed by Australian at 38.4%, Irish at 14.7%, and Scottish at 12.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18.5% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is well below the 22.7% seen across Queensland and 27.7% nationally. The most common birthplaces outside Australia are England at 4.8% and New Zealand at 4.2%.
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 Deagon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30818/deagon/topic/ancestry-heritage