7.4% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sharon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sharon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Sharon than in most similar areas. While the community has deep roots in Australia and England, only 7.4% of residents were born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the residents claim Australian ancestry (46.5%), followed closely by English ancestry at 43.3%. Other common roots include Irish, Scottish and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 85% of people born in Australia, this area's overseas-born population is far below the Queensland (22.7%) and national (27.7%) figures. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.8%.
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 Sharon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32546/sharon/topic/ancestry-heritage