5.3% ▼ -42.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Emu Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Emu Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.3% of people in Emu Creek were born overseas, making it a community with very few overseas-born residents. Most people here trace their roots back to British and European origins, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 45.1%, followed by Australian (35.4%) and Irish (16.8%) backgrounds. Other common ancestries include German at 12.4% and Scottish at 7.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland figure of 22.7%. This is much lower than most areas, with 85.8% of the population 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 Emu Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30974/emu-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage