22.1% ▲ +61.3%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Samford Village · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Samford Village
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A mix of traditional roots and growing international arrivals shapes the identity of Samford Village. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, while the proportion of people born overseas has climbed significantly since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 49.9%, followed by Australian at 36.9%, Irish at 14.4% and Scottish at 13.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 22.1% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and has risen by 8.4 percentage points since 2011. While this is about the same as the Queensland figure, it is well below the national average 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 Samford Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321090/samford-village/topic/ancestry-heritage