16.2% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Surround · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Surround
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A higher share of people born overseas live in Mount Surround than in most similar areas. While 16.2% of residents were born abroad, this is still far below the national figure of 27.7%. This mix is reflected in a strong presence of both Australian and European roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each representing over 35% of the population. Italian roots are also prominent at 18.5%, followed by Scottish and Irish backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 76.9% of people here were born in Australia. Of those born overseas, the largest groups came from New Zealand (6.9%) and Italy (3.1%), though the overall overseas-born population is well below the Queensland average.
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 Surround [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32027/mount-surround/topic/ancestry-heritage