8.7% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Monkland · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Monkland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Monkland compared to the rest of the state or country. Only 8.7% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This highlights a population with very strong ties to Australia and the United Kingdom.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim English (43.7%) or Australian (42.0%) ancestry. Other common roots include Scottish, Irish and German ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (83.3%), which is far below the Queensland average of 22.7% for overseas births. New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.4%.
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 Monkland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31881/monkland/topic/ancestry-heritage