3.8% ▲ —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Laura · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Laura
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Laura in 2021 than in previous censuses. This is a very traditional community where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia, with only 3.8% coming from abroad.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 30.1%, followed by English at 12.8% and Irish at 5.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 3.8%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia, accounting for 78.2% of residents.
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 Laura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31642/laura/topic/ancestry-heritage