57.7% ▲ +141.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 47.8%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rochedale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rochedale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Chinese ancestry is the most common in Rochedale, where 41% of residents claim this heritage. This reflects a diverse community with a very high proportion of people born overseas, far exceeding both state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese is the most reported ancestry at 41%, followed by English at 15.2% and Australian at 12.3%. Indian and Irish backgrounds are also common, making up 8.7% and 3.6% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than half of the people in Rochedale were born overseas, at 57.7%. This is far above the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland figure of 22.7%, with 19.7% of the population born in China.
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 Rochedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32447/rochedale/topic/ancestry-heritage