10.3% ▲ +215.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tablelands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tablelands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Tablelands (South Burnett - Qld) compared to the rest of the state. Only 10.3% of residents arrived from another country, which is much lower than the national figure. Most people here identify with traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian is the most common ancestry at 42.2%, followed by English at 37.9% and Irish at 25%. German and Scottish ancestries are also notable, at 13.8% and 12.1% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 10.3% of the population was born overseas, a figure far below the 22.7% seen across Queensland and the 27.7% national average. The vast majority of residents, 82.8%, were born in Australia.
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 Tablelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32714/tablelands/topic/ancestry-heritage