5.4% ▼ -42.4%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Capella · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Capella
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A falling share of overseas-born residents has shaped the recent profile of Capella, where only 5.4% of people were born outside Australia. This figure is far below the national average, reflecting a community with very deep local roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in the area identify with British and Irish roots, with Australian (42.4%), English (34.4%), and Irish (9.9%) being the most common ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas fell 4.0 points since 2011 to just 5.4%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%. About 77.2% of residents were 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 Capella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321028/capella/topic/ancestry-heritage