4.4% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Laidley South · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A tiny fraction of people born overseas live in Laidley South, leaving a gap of 23 percentage points compared to the national figure. This area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong heritage tied to British and European roots.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 43.7% and English at 39.6%. Other significant groups include Scottish, German, and Irish roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia (80.9%), followed by small numbers from New Zealand and England.
4.4% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Laidley South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31610/laidley-south/topic/ancestry-heritage