21.2% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part) · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than one in five residents were born overseas, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This mix makes Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part) a diverse place, though its overseas birth rate remains well below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian at 35.7% and English at 33.3%. Irish (11.3%), Scottish (9.7%), and Italian (4.6%) ancestries also make up a significant part of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21.2% of people were born outside Australia, which is 2.0 percentage points higher than in 2011. While this is high for similar areas, it is well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL102001/canberra-queanbeyan/topic/ancestry-heritage