5.6% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nobby · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nobby
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roots in the British Isles remain the dominant story for Nobby, where traditional ancestries still shape the community's identity. A vast majority of residents trace their family history to Australia, England, Ireland, Germany, or Scotland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 41.2% and 39.6% of the population. Irish roots are also prominent at 15.8%, followed by German and Scottish ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.6% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national rate of 27.7%. This is much lower than most areas, with 81.8% of residents born in Australia.
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 Nobby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32155/nobby/topic/ancestry-heritage