11.7% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Karara · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Karara
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 11.7% of people in Karara were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. Most residents identify as Australian or English, creating a population with deep local and British roots. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplaces than most of Queensland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 32.8% and 31.3% of the population. Other frequent ancestries include Irish at 9.4%, and Scottish and German both at 7.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 72.7% of people born in Australia, Karara has a much lower overseas-born population than the Queensland average of 22.7%. New Zealand is the most common birthplace for those born outside Australia at 2.3%.
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 Karara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31487/karara/topic/ancestry-heritage