42.0% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Indooroopilly · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Indooroopilly
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than four in ten people in Indooroopilly were born overseas, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This international makeup is reflected in the community's diverse roots, with Chinese ancestry being a particularly strong influence.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 28.8%, followed by Australian at 23.2% and Chinese at 15.7%. Irish and Scottish ancestries also feature, at 10.9% and 10.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 42% of residents born overseas is far above the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland figure of 22.7%. While 55.4% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China (7%) and India (5.3%).
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 Indooroopilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31389/indooroopilly/topic/ancestry-heritage