27.7% ▲ +80.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Fisher · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Fisher
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 28% of people in Fisher were born overseas, making the area much more diverse than most other similar places. This international mix is a key feature of the community, with a population that is well above the Queensland average for overseas births.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 38.5%, followed by Australian at 15.4% and German at 9.2%. Other notable ancestries include Italian at 7.7% and Irish at 4.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 27.7% of residents were born overseas, which is 5 percentage points higher than the Queensland figure. While over half the population was born in Australia, there are equal proportions of people from New Zealand, the Philippines, and South Africa at 6.2% each.
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 Fisher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31041/fisher/topic/ancestry-heritage