10.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Laidley North · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Laidley North compared to the rest of the country. Only 10.5% of residents were born abroad, which is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a community where the vast majority of people were born in Australia.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian and English, both at around 41%. German is the next most frequent at 12.5%, followed by Irish and Scottish backgrounds.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 81.5% of residents were born in Australia, which is far below the Queensland average of 22.7% for overseas births. Among those born abroad, the most common birthplaces are England, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
10.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Laidley North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31609/laidley-north/topic/ancestry-heritage