18.8% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Oaky Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Oaky Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small number of overseas-born residents have moved to Oaky Creek over the last ten years, though the area remains quite traditional in its roots. While nearly 19% of people were born outside Australia, the community is still dominated by those with English and Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 49%, followed by Australian at 40.6% and Irish at 17.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 18.8% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. Most residents were born in Australia (69.8%), with England (9.4%) and New Zealand (5.2%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Oaky Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32214/oaky-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage