10.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Elbow Valley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Elbow Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 10.2% of people in Elbow Valley were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. The area is dominated by those with English and Australian roots, creating a population with very few recent international arrivals.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 47.2% and 40.2% of the population. Other notable groups include Irish at 18.1% and German at 9.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below both the Queensland figure and the national average. Most people were born in Australia (75.6%), while the largest overseas groups are from New Zealand and China.
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 Elbow Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30956/elbow-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage