38.9% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Upper Mount Gravatt · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Upper Mount Gravatt
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 39% of people in Upper Mount Gravatt were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area one of the most internationally diverse spots in the region, with a strong mix of both European and Asian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common, at 26.8% and 24.5% respectively. Chinese ancestry is also prominent at 14.9%, followed by Irish (8.7%) and Scottish (7.1%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far above the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 55.7% were born in Australia, many others come from China (7.0%), India (3.7%), New Zealand (3.1%), and England (2.1%).
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 Upper Mount Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32914/upper-mount-gravatt/topic/ancestry-heritage