4.7% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Owens Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Owens Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very strong sense of local roots defines Owens Creek, where just 4.7% of residents were born overseas. This is far below the national figure, meaning most people here have family ties to Australia and the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 35.2%, followed by English at 26.4% and Irish at 9.3%. Smaller groups include Scottish and German ancestry, each at 5.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is far below the 22.7% seen in Queensland and the 27.7% across Australia. Most people were born in Australia (63.7%), with New Zealand as the next most common birthplace at 3.6%.
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 Owens Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32240/owens-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage