3.4% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Prairie · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Prairie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of British and Australian heritage defines daily life in Prairie. Most people here identify with these roots, with 85.3% of residents claiming Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, at 43.1% and 42.2%. Other notable groups include Scottish, Irish and German roots, which each make up between 7.8% and 9.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Very few people in Prairie were born overseas, at just 3.4%. This is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%, with 86.2% of residents born in Australia.
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 Prairie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32358/prairie/topic/ancestry-heritage