5.0% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Stanwell · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Stanwell
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Stanwell than in most similar areas, with only 5% of residents arriving from another country. This makes the community much less diverse in birthplace than the rest of Queensland or Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 58.8% and 32.9% of the population respectively. Scottish, Irish and German ancestries also feature in the local mix.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (85.7%), followed by New Zealand at 2.3% and England at 1.7%.
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 Stanwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32656/stanwell/topic/ancestry-heritage