12.8% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Somme · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Somme
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 12.8% of people in Somme were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes it a very Australian-born community compared to most of the country. English and Australian ancestries are the most common roots here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 51.3%, followed by Australian and Irish roots, which both sit at 25.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas birth rate of 12.8% is well below the Queensland figure and far below the national average. Almost 90% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Somme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32585/somme/topic/ancestry-heritage