6.2% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Alpha · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Alpha
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Alpha compared to the rest of the state. While Queensland has a strong international presence, only 6.2% of people here were born outside Australia, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify as Australian (43.2%) or English (38.6%), with Irish and Scottish roots also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7%. About 80.3% of people were born in Australia, while New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.2%.
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 Alpha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322002/alpha/topic/ancestry-heritage