52.8% ▲ +156.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Karawatha · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Karawatha
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the residents in Karawatha were born overseas, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This makes the neighbourhood far more diverse than the state or national average, with a strong presence of people with Chinese and Indian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common at 22.8%, followed by Indian ancestry at 20.5%, while Australian and English backgrounds are much less common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Over half the population (52.8%) were born overseas, which is far above the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. India and China are the most common overseas birthplaces, accounting for 6.8% and 6.2% of residents respectively.
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 Karawatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31488/karawatha/topic/ancestry-heritage