28.4% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mons · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mons
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 29% of people in Mons were born overseas, making it a more international community than most similar areas. While the area's roots are predominantly British and Irish, it maintains a birthplace profile that is roughly in line with the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 47.7%, followed by Australian at 32.4% and Scottish at 15.6%. Other notable ancestral roots include Irish at 8.6% and German at 6.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A much higher proportion of residents were born overseas compared to most areas, with 28.4% born abroad. This is well above the Queensland figure of 22.7%, though it is about the same as the national average. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 8.7%.
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 Mons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31883/mons/topic/ancestry-heritage