7.5% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Duchess · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Duchess
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background in Duchess, accounting for 43.4% of residents. The area has a very strong British heritage, with English, Scottish and Irish roots making up more than half of the population. Most people here were born in Australia, with very few residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most frequent at 43.4%, followed by English at 28.3%. Scottish and Irish roots are also common, representing 18.9% and 9.4% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is lower than most other similar areas, with 67.9% of residents 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 Duchess [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30883/duchess/topic/ancestry-heritage