12.8% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Friday Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Friday Pocket
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Friday Pocket compared to the rest of the country. Only 12.8% of the population was born abroad, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a community where a strong majority of residents are Australian-born.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 38.5%, followed by Irish at 20.5% and Australian at 17.9%. Other notable roots include Dutch and Scottish ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 59% of people here were born in Australia, while South Africa is the most common overseas birthplace at 7.7%. This overall overseas-born population of 12.8% is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7%.
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 Friday Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31089/friday-pocket/topic/ancestry-heritage