27.6% ▲ +138.9%
Higher than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brisbane · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brisbane
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A significantly higher share of people were born overseas in Brisbane than in the rest of Queensland. This mix of backgrounds is seen in the population, where 27.6% of residents have a birthplace outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 36.3%, followed by Australian at 31.3%. Other common ancestral backgrounds include Irish, Scottish, and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has risen sharply by 16 percentage points since 2011 to reach 27.6%. While this is well above the Queensland figure of 22.7%, it is about the same as the national average. Most residents were born in Australia (68%), followed by New Zealand, England, India, and China.
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 Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3002/brisbane/topic/ancestry-heritage