17.6% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Seventeen Seventy · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Seventeen Seventy
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Seventeen Seventy than in most similar areas, though the overall figure remains low. About 17.6% of the population grew up abroad, which is far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, each accounting for 34.4% of residents. German ancestry is also prominent at 14.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 17.6% of people were born overseas, this is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and far below the Australian average. Most residents were born in Australia (64.8%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 8.0%.
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 Seventeen Seventy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32540/seventeen-seventy/topic/ancestry-heritage