9.3% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Oakhurst · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Oakhurst
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Oakhurst compared to the rest of the state, with only 9.3% of the population born abroad. This creates a significant gap against the national average, where more than a quarter of people were born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 45.7% and English at 45.2%, followed by Irish, Scottish and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national average of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (85.7%), with small numbers arriving from New Zealand and England.
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 Oakhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32211/oakhurst/topic/ancestry-heritage