8.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Highland Plains · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Highland Plains
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.3% of people in Highland Plains were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most of Australia. While most residents were born here, those with overseas roots commonly cite English, Irish or German origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 38.3%, followed by Australian at 30.0% and Irish at 18.3%. German and Scottish ancestries also feature, making up 8.3% and 6.7% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Queensland figure by 14 points and the national figure by 19 points. Most people here were born in Australia (73.3%), while New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 6.7%.
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 Highland Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31335/highland-plains/topic/ancestry-heritage