13.8% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rush Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rush Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English heritage is the most common ancestry in Rush Creek, where 41.4% of people claim this background. The area has a strong British and Australian identity, though a small number of residents were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 41.4% and 38.8% of the population. Irish (13.2%), Scottish (10.5%), and Italian (10.5%) backgrounds are also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 13.8% of people in Rush Creek were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is far below the Australian figure and well below the Queensland average.
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 Rush Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32496/rush-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage