5.5% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Racecourse · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Racecourse
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 45% of people in Racecourse claim Australian ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. This community is overwhelmingly born in Australia and has a very low proportion of overseas residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the second most common at 36.5%, followed by Irish at 11%, and Scottish and Italian backgrounds both at 8.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 22.7% figure for Queensland and the 27.7% national average. Most people were born in Australia (91.7%), with New Zealand as the next most common birthplace at 3.3%.
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 Racecourse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32380/racecourse/topic/ancestry-heritage