8.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gunpowder · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gunpowder
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few overseas-born residents live in Gunpowder, where only 8.7% of people were born in another country. This low figure means the area is far less diverse in its birthplaces than the rest of Queensland or the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 19.2%, followed by Australian, Irish, and Scottish roots, which each make up about 11% to 13% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.7% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the 22.7% seen across Queensland and the 27.7% national average. Most residents were born in Australia, while New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 3.8%.
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 Gunpowder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31274/gunpowder/topic/ancestry-heritage