10.1% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Aldershot · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Aldershot
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Aldershot compared to the rest of the country. Only 10.1% of the population grew up outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure. This creates a community with very strong ties to traditional Australian and British roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English backgrounds are the most common here, making up 43.3% and 41.5% of residents. Other notable ancestries include German at 9.1%, Scottish at 9.0%, and Irish at 7.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has fallen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011. At 10.1%, this figure is far below both the Queensland average of 22.7% 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 Aldershot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321001/aldershot/topic/ancestry-heritage