8.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Swan Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Swan Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Swan Creek than in most similar areas. While 90.7% of residents were born in Australia, the community has strong traditional ties to the British Isles through its reported ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (52.2%) or English (39.8%) ancestry, followed by Scottish (19.3%) and Irish (14.3%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.1% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national rate of 27.7%. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are South Africa (3.7%) and New Zealand (3.1%).
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 Swan Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32706/swan-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage