4.7% ▲ +43.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Surat · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Surat
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.7% of people in Surat were born overseas, which is far below the national average. This makes the town's population overwhelmingly Australian-born. Most residents identify with traditional British Isles roots, particularly Australian, English, and Irish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Over half of the people here claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 31.6%, Irish at 10.2%, and Scottish at 9.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 89.6% of the population born in Australia, the overseas-born rate is far below the Queensland figure by 18 points and the national figure by 23 points. Small numbers of residents were born in New Zealand and India.
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 Surat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32701/surat/topic/ancestry-heritage