9.9% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Swanfels · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few things have changed for the people of Swanfels over the last decade, with ancestry and birth patterns remaining steady. While most residents claim Australian or English roots, about 10% of the population was born overseas.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common here, making up 45% and 35.9% of the community respectively. Irish roots are also frequent at 18.3%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. The vast majority were born in Australia, followed by small numbers from England, New Zealand, and China.
9.9% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Swanfels [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32708/swanfels/topic/ancestry-heritage