26.5% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Smithfield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Smithfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people have moved to Smithfield from overseas since 2011, adding to the area's diversity. Over a quarter of the population was born in another country, with English and Australian being the most common ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (34.7%) and Australian (31.1%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish and Scottish at 10.1% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 26.5% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Queensland figure of 22.7%.
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 Smithfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32579/smithfield/topic/ancestry-heritage