56.3% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.8%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sunnybank · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sunnybank
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of all residents in Sunnybank were born overseas, placing the area among the highest for overseas birthplaces in the region. This international makeup is reflected in the high proportion of residents with Chinese ancestry, who make up 35% of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common at 35%, followed by English at 18% and Australian at 13%. Other notable ancestries include Irish at 5.3% and Scottish at 4.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 56.3%, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. While 39.3% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are China at 16.9% and India at 3.6%.
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 Sunnybank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32694/sunnybank/topic/ancestry-heritage