0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Retro · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Retro
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Zero percent of people in Retro were born overseas, a gap of 28 points below the national figure. This makes the area far less diverse than most other parts of the country. The local population is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with strong ancestral ties to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (38.9%) or English (37.0%) ancestry. Irish and Scottish roots are also common, accounting for 11.1% and 5.6% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No one in Retro was born overseas, which is far below the 22.7% seen in Queensland. This is consistent with the fact that 63.0% of the population was born in Australia.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Retro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32420/retro/topic/ancestry-heritage