10.6% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sun Valley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sun Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Sun Valley, where 44.1% of residents claim these roots. The area is predominantly Australian-born, with a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state and country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the people here identify as English (44.1%) or Australian (42.2%). Other common ancestries include Irish at 11.7% and Scottish at 10.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the 22.7% seen across Queensland and the 27.7% national figure. The vast majority (84.3%) were born in Australia, followed by New Zealand at 2.8%.
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 Sun Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32690/sun-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage