39.1% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
McConnel · State Electorate
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Much higher proportions of overseas-born residents live in McConnel than in most similar areas. Around 39.1% of people here were born in another country, a figure that has risen by 8.1 percentage points since 2011.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 31.2%, Australian at 21.5%, and Irish at 12.6%. Other frequent responses include Scottish at 9.9% and Chinese at 8.0%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 40% of residents were born overseas, which is far above the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 53.9% were born in Australia, others came from England, China, New Zealand, and India.
39.1% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in McConnel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30052/mcconnel/topic/ancestry-heritage