9.5% ▼ -51.7%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Southern Downs · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Southern Downs
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Southern Downs compared to the rest of the state and country. Only 9.5% of residents were born outside Australia, and this figure has fallen by 10 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
British and Irish roots are common here, with 40.7% of people claiming Australian ancestry and 40.4% claiming English. Irish and Scottish ancestry also feature strongly at 12.9% and 11.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is among the lowest for similar areas, sitting far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (81.7%), followed by England at 2.1% and New Zealand at 1.5%.
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 Southern Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30077/southern-downs/topic/ancestry-heritage