45.3% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Underwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Underwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all residents in Underwood were born overseas, making it one of the most culturally diverse areas of its kind. This high level of international migration is reflected in a varied mix of ancestries, with significant Chinese and Indian communities alongside English and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 19.8% and 18.5%, while Chinese (14.1%) and Indian (11.1%) also make up large proportions of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 45.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far above the figures for Queensland and Australia. This trend is driven by arrivals from India and China, the two most common birth countries after 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 Underwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32897/underwood/topic/ancestry-heritage