8.0% ▼ -58.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Portsmith · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Portsmith
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 Portsmith compared to the rest of the country. Only 8% of the population was born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure. This makes it a community with very few recent or historical international arrivals.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are English at 13.7% and Australian at 11.1%, followed by Scottish, German and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With only 8% of residents born overseas, Portsmith sits far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national rate of 27.7%. Just over half of the people here were born in Australia, while the next most common birthplaces are England, China and the Philippines.
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 Portsmith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32354/portsmith/topic/ancestry-heritage