8.9% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lowmead · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lowmead
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Lowmead, where 41.3% of residents claim these roots. Most people here have deep ties to the UK or Australia, creating a community with very few overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, accounting for 41.3% and 36.3% of people respectively. Other common backgrounds include Scottish, Irish, and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. This is reflected in the birth data, as 69.8% of residents were born in Australia.
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 Lowmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31699/lowmead/topic/ancestry-heritage