14.7% ▲ +347.1%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Silkwood · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Silkwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Silkwood, claimed by 38.4% of the population. While the area remains predominantly Australian-born, the proportion of people born overseas has risen sharply in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most frequent ancestral backgrounds are Australian (38.4%) and English (31.8%), followed by Scottish (9.0%), Italian (9.0%), and Irish (7.1%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas rose 11 percentage points since 2011 to reach 14.7%. This is much higher than most similar areas, although it remains well below the Queensland figure and far below the national average.
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 Silkwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322108/silkwood/topic/ancestry-heritage