18.3% —
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sandstone Point - Ningi · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sandstone Point - Ningi
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 18.3% of people in Sandstone Point - Ningi were born overseas, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2016. The area is predominantly Australian-born and has a strong connection to its British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 46.9%, followed by Australian at 37.6% and Irish at 12.1%. Scottish and German roots are also present in 11.5% and 6.2% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is much higher than most similar areas, but it remains well below the Queensland and national figures. This has dropped 7.5 percentage points since 2016, with 77.4% of residents now born in Australia.
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 Sandstone Point - Ningi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314021/sandstone-point-ningi/topic/ancestry-heritage