9.8% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Jensen · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Jensen
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Jensen, claiming 45.9% of the population. The area has a very strong connection to its roots, with a much smaller proportion of people born overseas compared to both the state and the nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 43.0%, followed by Irish (12.1%), Scottish (9.6%) and German (5.2%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.8% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland (22.7%) and Australia (27.7%). Most people were born in Australia (85.8%), with smaller groups arriving from New Zealand (2.2%) and England (2.1%).
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 Jensen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31437/jensen/topic/ancestry-heritage