23.6% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Edge Hill · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Edge Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 24% of people in Edge Hill were born overseas, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. While this is about the same as the Queensland average, it sits well below the national level. The community is primarily of English and Australian descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 38.6%, followed by Australian at 29.5% and Irish at 14.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 69.9% of residents were born in Australia, those born overseas make up 23.6% of the population. England is the most common birthplace outside Australia at 4.9%.
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 Edge Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30941/edge-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage