24.1% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bulimba · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bulimba
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly three quarters of people in Bulimba were born in Australia, making it a community with a strong domestic presence. While the area maintains a high proportion of residents born locally, those with English and Australian ancestry are by far the most common groups.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 40.1%, followed by Australian at 32.5% and Irish at 15.5%. Scottish and German backgrounds are also seen in about 18% of the population combined.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 24.1% of the population, which is a little above the Queensland figure but well below the national average. This proportion has fallen by 6.2 percentage points since 2011, with England and New Zealand being the most common birthplaces outside 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 Bulimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30008/bulimba/topic/ancestry-heritage