17.8% ▲ +218.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sapphire · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sapphire
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing share of the population was born overseas, with the figure in Sapphire rising by 12 percentage points since 2011. While English and Australian ancestries remain the most common, the area has become more diverse over the last decade. Currently, about 17.8% of residents were born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 38.6%, followed by Australian at 28.2%, Irish at 12.7%, Scottish at 10.4% and German at 5.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 17.8% of people were born overseas—a figure much higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the Queensland and national rates. Most residents were born in Australia (65.6%), with the next most common birthplaces being England and New Zealand.
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 Sapphire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321091/sapphire/topic/ancestry-heritage