20.0% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Natural Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Natural Bridge
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
One in five people in Natural Bridge were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While the community has strong ties to the UK and Europe, the proportion of overseas-born residents remains well below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 46.7% and 38.9% of the population. Other frequent ancestries include Scottish at 14.4% and Irish at 13.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is a little below the Queensland average and well below the national rate of 27.7%. Most of those born outside Australia came from England (6.7%) or New Zealand (3.3%).
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 Natural Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32110/natural-bridge/topic/ancestry-heritage