8.5% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Obum Obum · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Obum Obum
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Obum Obum than in the rest of the country. Only 8.5% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. This small proportion of overseas-born residents is reflected in the area's strong ties to traditional British and European roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries in the area are English at 47.3% and Australian at 31.0%. Scottish and German backgrounds are also prominent, each making up 14.7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 90% of people here were born in Australia. This is far below the Queensland rate of 22.7% for overseas births, with England being the most common birthplace outside Australia at 3.9%.
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 Obum Obum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32217/obum-obum/topic/ancestry-heritage