8.9% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Plainby · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Plainby
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of traditional roots remains in Plainby, where 85.7% of residents were born in Australia. While ancestry patterns have stayed largely stable, the area remains far less diverse than both the state and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here identify as Australian (53.6%), followed by English (21.4%) and German (19.6%) roots. Irish and Scottish ancestries are also common, making up 10.7% and 5.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.9% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland average of 22.7%. This is lower than most similar areas.
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 Plainby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32339/plainby/topic/ancestry-heritage