19.1% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hendra · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in five people in Hendra were born overseas. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the state and national figures. The community is mostly of English and Australian descent.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 41.4%, followed by Australian at 32.7% and Irish at 18.1%. Scottish and Italian backgrounds also make up a small part of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.1% of residents were born overseas, which is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the Australian average of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (77.7%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, New Zealand, South Africa and India.
19.1% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Hendra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31320/hendra/topic/ancestry-heritage