3.0% ▼ -56.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rolleston · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rolleston
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A vast majority of people in Rolleston trace their roots back to the British Isles. This heritage is clear in the local identity, where nearly half of the residents identify as Australian and another 45.5% as English.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, followed by Scottish (10.6%), Irish (8.3%), and German (4.5%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Very few people here were born overseas, at just 3.0%. This is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland figure of 22.7%, with 90.2% of the population 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 Rolleston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32462/rolleston/topic/ancestry-heritage