14.4% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Highworth · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Highworth
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Highworth than in the rest of the country, with only 14.4% of residents arriving from another country. This gap is most obvious when compared to the national figure, which is 13 percentage points higher.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44%, followed by Australian at 38.5%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, making up 14.4% and 13.5% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 81% of people in Highworth were born in Australia, the 14.4% born overseas is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the Queensland figure and far below the Australian average.
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 Highworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31337/highworth/topic/ancestry-heritage