14.5% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lefthand Branch · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lefthand Branch
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people in Lefthand Branch were born overseas compared to the rest of the country. While 14.5% of residents were born abroad, this is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here identify with English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 46.4%, followed closely by Australian at 44.9%. German roots are also notable, accounting for 17.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the share of overseas-born residents is higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the Queensland figure of 22.7%. The vast majority of people were born in Australia (82.6%), with New Zealand as the next most common birthplace at 5.8%.
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 Lefthand Branch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31649/lefthand-branch/topic/ancestry-heritage