10.6% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lowood · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lowood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Lowood in 2021 compared to a decade ago. The proportion of overseas-born residents fell by 4.7 percentage points since 2011, and the area is now far more Australian-born than the state or national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 41.9% and 39.1% of the population. German, Scottish and Irish ancestries also feature prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 10.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the Australian figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (82.4%), followed by New Zealand and England.
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 Lowood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315054/lowood/topic/ancestry-heritage