22.9% ▲ +110.6%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Logan · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Logan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A huge 12 percentage point jump in the overseas-born population since 2011 marks the rapid diversifying of Logan. While English and Australian ancestries remain most common, more than a fifth of the people here were born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries in the area are English at 38.5% and Australian at 35.3%, followed by Scottish, Irish, and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 22.9% of people were born overseas, which is about the same as the Queensland figure but well below the national average. This group has grown quickly, with the share of overseas-born residents rising from 10.9% in 2011 to 22.9% in 2021.
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 Logan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30044/logan/topic/ancestry-heritage