6.6% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Seaforth · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Seaforth
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 6.6% of people in Seaforth were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This small proportion of overseas-born residents makes the area much less diverse in birthplaces than most other parts of Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, making up 37.4% and 35.3% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for about 11% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 78.1% of people born in Australia, the share of overseas-born residents is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%. This proportion has also fallen, dropping 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
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 Seaforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321092/seaforth/topic/ancestry-heritage