22.6% ▲ +182.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ideraway · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in Ideraway than in most similar areas. While 22.6% of residents grew up outside Australia, the community remains largely rooted in Australian and British heritage.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Over half of the residents claim Australian ancestry, while Scottish and English roots are also common at 35.5% and 25.8%. German and Vietnamese ancestries each account for 9.7% of the group.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 22.6% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland figure. This is partly explained by the 9.7% of the population born in Vietnam.
22.6% ▲ +182.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Ideraway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31381/ideraway/topic/ancestry-heritage