24.0% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Fraser Range · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly a quarter of people in Fraser Range were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This reflects a diverse mix of backgrounds in a sparsely populated region, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 32%, followed by Australian at 20% and Irish at 10%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 24% of residents were born overseas—a figure well below the state and national levels—the most common birthplaces are Australia (48%) and New Zealand (10%).
24.0% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Fraser Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50521/fraser-range/topic/ancestry-heritage