11.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kennedy · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kennedy
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 11% of people in Kennedy were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most of Australia and Queensland. The community is predominantly Australian-born and identifies strongly with British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian (36%), English (33.8%), or Irish (11.8%) ancestry. Scottish roots are also common at 8.8%, while Italian ancestry is less frequent at 2.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Queensland figure by 12 points and the national figure by 17 points. The vast majority were born in Australia (82.4%), with England (2.9%) and New Zealand (2.2%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Kennedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31506/kennedy/topic/ancestry-heritage