11.3% ▲ +50.2%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Clifton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Clifton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Clifton sits around the middle for its level when looking at the proportion of people born overseas. While the overseas-born population has risen to 11.3%, the area remains dominated by those with Australian and British roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Local ancestry is largely British and Irish, with 44.3% of people claiming Australian descent, followed by English at 38.0% and Irish at 14.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.3% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the national 27.7% and the Queensland 22.7%. This is a rise of 3.8 points since 2011, with most of the population born in Australia (82.5%).
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 Clifton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315021/clifton/topic/ancestry-heritage