7.1% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Chalmers · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Chalmers
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.1% of people in Mount Chalmers were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This small community is predominantly Australian-born, with a strong connection to British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the residents identify as Australian, while English ancestry is also common at 37.6%. Irish and Scottish roots are each shared by 10.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national average of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (85.4%), followed by small numbers from England and Vietnam.
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 Mount Chalmers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31946/mount-chalmers/topic/ancestry-heritage