11.8% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eskdale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eskdale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Eskdale than in the rest of the state or country. Only 11.8% of the population grew up abroad, which is a significant gap compared to the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents identify as having Australian or English roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Over half of the people here claim Australian ancestry (55.9%), with English (44.1%) and Irish (20.6%) also being common. German ancestry is less frequent at 8.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 61.8% of residents born in Australia, the overseas-born population is far below the Queensland rate of 22.7%. Of those born abroad, England is the most common place of birth at 11.8%.
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 Eskdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30985/eskdale/topic/ancestry-heritage