5.2% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Farleigh · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Farleigh
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Farleigh than in most other similar areas. While nearly 40% of residents claim Australian ancestry, the community remains strongly tied to British roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 39.9% and 33.8%, followed by Irish at 10.2%, Scottish at 9.5% and German at 6.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (85.1%), with smaller numbers from England, New Zealand, South Africa and the Philippines.
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 Farleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31019/farleigh/topic/ancestry-heritage