11.8% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Leichhardt · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Leichhardt
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 11.8% of people in Leichhardt were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a community with deep local roots and a strong connection to traditional British and Australian heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common at 39.9% each, followed by Irish (10.6%), Scottish (9.0%) and German (6.7%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Queensland figure by 11 percentage points. Most people here were born in Australia (81.8%), with the next largest groups coming from New Zealand (3.4%) and England (2.1%).
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 Leichhardt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31650/leichhardt/topic/ancestry-heritage