12.7% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Scotchy Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Scotchy Pocket
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Scotchy Pocket, where over half of the residents claim English roots. The area has a very high proportion of people born in Australia compared to the rest of the state and country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry leads the breakdown at 52.7%, followed by Australian at 30.9%. Other notable groups include Dutch at 10.9%, and both Irish and Scottish at 7.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.7% of people here were born overseas, which is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and far below the national average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (74.5%), with New Zealand the most common overseas birthplace at 7.3%.
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 Scotchy Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32526/scotchy-pocket/topic/ancestry-heritage