40.9% ▲ +53.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pinkenba · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pinkenba
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over 40% of people in Pinkenba were born overseas, making it one of the most internationally diverse areas in the region. This mix of backgrounds shapes the daily life of a community where more than four out of ten residents have roots outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 32.6%, followed by Australian at 20.3% and Irish at 13.4%. Scottish and German backgrounds each make up about 6% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far above the national figure of 27.7%, and much higher than the Queensland average of 22.7%. While 54% were born in Australia, 11.7% come from New Zealand, with others arriving from the Philippines, Vietnam and 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 Pinkenba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32330/pinkenba/topic/ancestry-heritage