4.2% ▲ +28.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Isla · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Isla
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost 46% of people in Isla claim Australian ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. This small community has a very strong connection to its local roots, with a tiny fraction of the population born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by British and Irish roots, with English (44.1%), Irish (13.1%), and Scottish (11.3%) backgrounds following closely behind Australian origins.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.2% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Queensland (22.7%) and Australian (27.7%) averages. The vast majority of the population, 85.9%, were born in Australia.
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 Isla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31417/isla/topic/ancestry-heritage