9.0% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eureka · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eureka
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 9% of people in Eureka were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much more home-grown than most of Australia and Queensland. The community is predominantly of Australian and English descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, accounting for 43.5% and 36.3% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish, and German roots also feature in the community's heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 77.6% of residents born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born people is far below the national figure by 19 percentage points. England is the most common birthplace outside Australia at 1.8%.
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 Eureka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31001/eureka/topic/ancestry-heritage