27.4% ▼ -41.5%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 46.8%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Springwood · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Springwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A sharp 19 percentage point drop in overseas births since 2011 defines the shifting profile of Springwood. While 27.4% of residents were born outside Australia, the area is still heavily shaped by traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 39%, followed by Australian at 33.2%, Scottish at 10.6%, and Irish at 10.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 27.4% of people were born overseas, which is well above the Queensland figure of 22.7% but about the same as the national average. Most residents were born in Australia (69.7%), with New Zealand (5.9%) and England (4.4%) being the next most common birthplaces.
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 Springwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30079/springwood/topic/ancestry-heritage