25.0% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nearum · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Nearum, where 29.2% of people claim this background. The area has a diverse mix of roots, with English ancestry also being very common at 20.8%. This blend of heritage is reflected in a population where one in four residents was born overseas.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The two most common ancestries are Australian at 29.2% and English at 20.8%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A quarter of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Queensland figure of 22.7%.
25.0% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Nearum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32111/nearum/topic/ancestry-heritage