12.6% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kenilworth · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kenilworth
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle of similar areas for its mix of backgrounds, Kenilworth is a community where nearly half of the people claim English ancestry. Most of the population was born in Australia, and the area has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 47.2%, followed by Australian at 39.2%. Other notable groups include Irish, Scottish, and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national rate of 27.7%. The vast majority were born in Australia (82.1%), with smaller numbers coming from England, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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 Kenilworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31503/kenilworth/topic/ancestry-heritage