10.3% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Halifax · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Halifax
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Halifax, where 41.5% of people claim this background. The area is predominantly Australian-born and has a smaller share of overseas-born residents compared to the wider state and country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Along with 31% who identify as Australian, Italian ancestry is quite prominent here at 21.4%. Other common roots include Irish at 9.4% and German at 6.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.3% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the Queensland rate of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (82.8%), followed by Italy, England, New Zealand and the Philippines.
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 Halifax [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31286/halifax/topic/ancestry-heritage