51.6% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.0%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kuraby · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kuraby
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Kuraby were born overseas, making it one of the most culturally diverse areas in the region. This international mix is seen in the local ancestry, where Chinese and Indian roots are as common as English and Australian ones.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The area has a varied heritage, with Chinese (16.3%), English (15.0%), and Australian (14.5%) as the most common ancestries. Indian ancestry is also prominent at 12.2%, while Irish ancestry accounts for 3.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 51.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far above the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland rate of 22.7%. While 45.4% were born in Australia, many others came from India (6.2%), China (5.2%), South Africa (3.3%) and New Zealand (2.6%).
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 Kuraby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31588/kuraby/topic/ancestry-heritage