34.9% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Molendinar · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Molendinar
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people have chosen Molendinar as their home over the last decade, contributing to a diverse community where over a third of residents were born overseas. This international mix is most visible in the 34.9% of people born outside Australia, a figure well above the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 31.4% and 26.8% of the population. Other significant groups include Chinese (9.3%), Irish (8.9%), and Scottish (7.4%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is among the highest for similar areas, sitting at 34.9% which is far above the Queensland figure. While 59.4% were born in Australia, other common birthplaces include New Zealand, China, England and India.
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 Molendinar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31873/molendinar/topic/ancestry-heritage