7.4% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Geham · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Geham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common backgrounds in Geham, with 43.4% and 42.8% of residents claiming these roots respectively. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, making it far less diverse than the state and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
British roots are strong here, with Scottish and Irish ancestries each accounting for about 11% of the population, alongside 9.4% of German descent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. This is reflected in the fact that 82.8% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Geham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31109/geham/topic/ancestry-heritage