26.6% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Speewah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Speewah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a quarter of people in Speewah were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This diversity is reflected in a community where English and Australian ancestries are most common, alongside significant Scottish and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.4%, followed by Australian at 34.7%. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also prominent, making up 13.1% and 12.1% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 26.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is well above the Queensland average of 22.7%. While 67.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England at 9.3% and New Zealand at 3.3%.
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 Speewah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32615/speewah/topic/ancestry-heritage