25.9% ▲ +38.4%
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bancroft · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bancroft
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing share of people born overseas now live in Bancroft, with this group rising by 7.2 percentage points since 2011. Roughly 26% of the population was born outside Australia, a figure that is well above the Queensland average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 40.1%, followed by Australian at 34.8% and Scottish at 9.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 25.9% of residents were born overseas, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. While 69.5% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are New Zealand, England, South Africa and India.
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 Bancroft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30003/bancroft/topic/ancestry-heritage