21.4% ▲ +148.1%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Capalaba · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Capalaba
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Capalaba than across Australia, though this is changing quickly. While only 21.4% of the population was born abroad, this figure has jumped by 13 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 42.6% and 37.0% of the community. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 11.8% and 11.7% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 75.4% of residents were born in Australia. Of those born overseas, the most common origins are New Zealand (5.3%) and England (4.6%), with the overall share of overseas-born people sitting well below the national figure.
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 Capalaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30017/capalaba/topic/ancestry-heritage