3.6% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ridgelands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ridgelands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Ridgelands than in most similar areas. The vast majority of the population was born in Australia, and those with overseas roots predominantly trace their ancestry back to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 52.3% and 39.0% of the population. Other notable backgrounds include Irish at 10.3% and Scottish at 7.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland (22.7%) and Australia (27.7%). This is much lower than most areas, with 84.1% of people 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 Ridgelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32427/ridgelands/topic/ancestry-heritage