19.8% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Storm King · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of residents now call Storm King home from overseas, with 19.8% of the population born outside Australia. This mix is most visible in the community's ancestry, where English and Australian roots are the most common, followed by strong Irish and Scottish ties.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common here, at 38.7% and 35.8%. Irish roots are also significant at 19.8%, while Scottish and Italian ancestries each account for 9.4% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Roughly one in five people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is a little below the Queensland figure, it is well below the national average.
19.8% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Storm King [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32674/storm-king/topic/ancestry-heritage