34.9% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mansfield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mansfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people have moved to Mansfield from overseas in recent years, making it a diverse pocket of Brisbane. About 35% of residents were born in another country, which is far above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 30%, followed by Australian at 25.5%. Chinese ancestry is also prominent, accounting for 12% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Born overseas figures are among the highest for similar areas, with 34.9% of people born outside Australia. This is 12 percentage points above the Queensland average, with the largest overseas groups coming from China, India, and New Zealand.
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 Mansfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31752/mansfield/topic/ancestry-heritage