8.5% ▲ +46.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Parkhurst · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Parkhurst
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of traditional roots defines Parkhurst, where 85.1% of residents were born in Australia. This makes it a place with very few overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state and country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 44.7% and English at 39.5%. Scottish, Irish and German heritage are also frequently reported by residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.5% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most who were born outside Australia came from the Philippines, New Zealand, England or India.
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 Parkhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32273/parkhurst/topic/ancestry-heritage