9.7% ▼ -43.8%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
South Johnstone · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in South Johnstone
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in South Johnstone than in the typical Australian town. Just 9.7% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that has dropped significantly since 2011. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplaces than both Queensland and the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 32.8% and English at 29.6%. Italian heritage is also prominent here, making up 10.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion fell 7.6 percentage points since 2011, with 74% of residents now born in Australia.
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 South Johnstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322110/south-johnstone/topic/ancestry-heritage