33.5% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Fig Tree Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Fig Tree Pocket
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than a third of residents in Fig Tree Pocket were born overseas, a figure that has climbed since 2011. This makes the area far more diverse than the state and national averages. English and Australian are the most common ancestries here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 39.5%, followed by Australian at 28.8%. Irish, Scottish, and German roots also feature prominently in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 33.5% of people were born outside Australia, which is far above the Queensland figure of 22.7% and well above the national average. While most people were born in Australia, England, South Africa, India, and New Zealand are the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Fig Tree Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31037/fig-tree-pocket/topic/ancestry-heritage