11.7% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Highfields · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Highfields
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 Highfields, where 45.7% of residents claim this background. The area is predominantly Australian-born, with a much smaller proportion of people born overseas compared to state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the population identifies as English, followed by Australian (39.2%) and Irish (15.3%). Other common ancestries include Scottish at 14.7% and German at 12.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (85.8%), while the most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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 Highfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31330/highfields/topic/ancestry-heritage