8.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Finnie · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady pattern of heritage continues in Finnie, where ancestral roots remain deeply tied to the British Isles. This small area is dominated by people of Australian, English, and Scottish descent, with very few residents born outside Australia.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 40.6% and English at 36.2%, followed by Scottish and Irish roots. German ancestry is also present for 4.3% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (87%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 5.8%.
8.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Finnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31040/finnie/topic/ancestry-heritage