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Diversity Figures

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Diversity Figures

At the time of the 2011 Census, 20.5% (888,636 people) ofQueensland’s total resident population[1]stated they were born overseas, an increase from 17.9% (699,448 people) at the 2006 Census.

Queensland is home to people who speak more than 220 languages, hold more than 100 religious beliefs and come from more than 220 countries.

The Queensland Government supports the continued growth and development of strong multicultural communities in Queensland. It also supports the celebration of, and education about, Queensland’s diverse cultural heritage and to ensuring our cultural differences are viewed as a positive and valuable resource for us all.

The government also values the cultural, social and economic rewards cultural diversity[2] generates in Queensland and has compiled this document to illustrate the unique features of our diverse population.

This document primarily uses data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2011 Census of Population and Housing to provide a snapshot of Queensland’s population diversity, with additional data sourced from the Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC).

There are a number of interesting social and cultural characteristics featured in the following pages including:

• the source countries of overseas-born people in Queensland
• the ancestry of Queensland residents
• languages spoken other than English
• English language proficiency ofoverseas-born people
• Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanderpeople
• migration patterns.

20.5% or 888,636 Queenslanders were born overseas in more than 220 countries.

Country of birth

Census 2011 data shows that 4,332,739 residents were counted in Queensland, an increase of11.0% (428,204 people) from 3,904,534 in 2006. Queensland’s cultural diversity has also increased during this time.

There were 888,636 people living in Queensland in 2011 who stated they were born overseas.This represented 20.5% of Queensland’s total resident population, compared with 17.9% in2006. The number of Queensland residents born overseas increased by 27.0% (189,188 people) from 2006 to 2011, compared with an increase of 18.5% (688,927 people) in the rest ofAustralia.

At the same time, the proportion of Queensland’s total resident population born overseas was lower than most other jurisdictions, for example 30.7% in Western Australia, 26.2% in Victoria and 25.7% in New South Wales. Only Tasmania and the Northern Territory had lower proportions of residents born overseas (Table 1). However, when comparing the actual number of people born overseas,Queensland has the third highest number after New South Wales (1,778,550) andVictoria (1,405,337). Almost one in every 10 of Queensland’s residents was born in a non-main English speaking country (9.5%). This was about half of the proportion reported in both Victoria (19.6%) and New South Wales (18.6%).

Table 1 -Overseas-born people as a proportion of the total population, states and territories, 2011

State / Overseas-born as % of population / Born in a non-MESC as % of population (a)
NSW / 25.7 / 18.6
Vic. / 26.2 / 19.6
Qld / 20.5 / 9.5
SA / 22.1 / 12.7
WA / 30.7 / 14.4
Tas. / 11.6 / 5.1
NT / 16.6 / 10.4
ACT / 24.2 / 16.8

(a) non-main English speaking country (MESC) (excludes United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, United States of America and South Africa)

Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing.

The majority of people in Queensland in 2011 who were born overseas were born in New Zealand (192,037 people, or 4.4% of the total population) and England (179,495 people, or 4.1% of the total population). Together, these two countries accounted for 41.8% of all residents born overseas (Table 2). However, there were also considerable numbers of Queensland residents born in South Africa, India, Philippines, China, Scotland and Germany in the Queensland population. In the rest of Australia, England was the main country of birth, followed by China, New Zealand and India.

People born in New Zealand represented a much higher proportion of the Queensland population (4.4%) compared with the rest of Australia (1.7%). Of all New Zealand-born

Australian residents, 39.7% lived in Queensland. People born in China, India, Italy and Vietnam were under-represented in Queensland with proportions for these countries of birth less than half of those measured for the rest of Australia.

36.2% or 1,566,854 Queenslanders were either born overseas or have at least one parent born overseas.

Table 2: Top 20 overseas countries of birth, Queensland and rest of Australia, 2011

Queensland / Rest of Australia
Country of birth / Number / % of total population / Country of birth / Number / % of total population
Australia / 3,192,114 / 73.7 / Australia / 11,825,731 / 68.9
New Zealand / 192,037 / 4.4 / England / 732,097 / 4.3
England / 179,495 / 4.1 / China(a) / 291,933 / 1.7
South Africa / 35,549 / 0.8 / New Zealand / 291,359 / 1.7
India / 30,259 / 0.7 / India / 265,104 / 1.5
Philippines / 29,462 / 0.7 / Italy / 172,170 / 1.0
China(a) / 27,036 / 0.6 / Vietnam / 168,770 / 1.0
Scotland / 24,058 / 0.6 / Philippines / 141,771 / 0.8
Germany / 21,027 / 0.5 / South Africa / 110,134 / 0.6
Vietnam / 16,269 / 0.4 / Scotland / 109,374 / 0.6
United States of America / 15,811 / 0.4 / Malaysia / 103,406 / 0.6
Netherlands / 14,986 / 0.3 / Greece / 96,497 / 0.6
Papua New Guinea / 14,500 / 0.3 / Germany / 86,976 / 0.5
Italy / 13,231 / 0.3 / Sri Lanka / 78,717 / 0.5
Malaysia / 12,790 / 0.3 / Lebanon / 75,157 / 0.4
South Korea / 12,552 / 0.3 / Hong Kong(b) / 66,226 / 0.4
Fiji / 11,401 / 0.3 / South Korea / 61,986 / 0.4
Ireland / 10,901 / 0.3 / United States of America / 61,199 / 0.4
Taiwan / 10,893 / 0.3 / Netherlands / 61,061 / 0.4
Japan / 10,317 / 0.2 / Indonesia / 56,599 / 0.3
Canada / 9664 / 0.2 / Ireland / 56,417 / 0.3
Other(c) / 196,398 / 4.5 / Other(c) / 1,318,558 / 7.7
Total overseas-born(c) / 888,636 / 20.5 / Total overseas-born(c) / 4,405,511 / 25.7
Total(d) / 4,332,739 / 100.0 / Total(d) / 17,174,981 / 100.0
(a) Excludes Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and Taiwan Province. (b) Special Administrative Region of China.
(c) Includes ‘Australian External Territories’, ‘Inadequately described’ and ‘At sea’. (d) Includes ‘Not stated’.
Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing.

In addition to the 20.5% of Queensland residents born overseas, 10.5% of the population were born in Australia and had one parent born overseas, and 5.2% of the population were born in Australia and had both parents born overseas (Table 2.1). More than one in three (36.2%) Queenslanders were either born overseas or had at least one parent born overseas.

In the rest of Australia, a higher proportion of the population (45.3%) were either born overseas or had at least one parent born overseas (Table 2.2). This was largely a result of a higher proportion of people born overseas (25.7% in the rest of Australia) and a higher proportion of people born in Australia with both parents born overseas (9.2% compared with 5.2% in Queensland). The proportion of the population born in Australia with one parent born overseas was similar, with 10.5% in Queensland and 10.4% in the rest of Australia.

Table 2.1: Country of birth and birthplace of parents, Queensland, 2011

Queensland%
Overseas-born / 20.5%
Australian-born (both parents overseas-born) / 5.2%
Australian-born (one parent overseas-born) / 10.5%
Overseas-born or had at least one parent born overseas / (sub total) 36.2%
Australian-born (both parents born in Australia) / 56.2%
Australian-born (birthplace for either or both parents not stated) / 1.8%
Birthplace not stated / 5.8%

Table 2.2: Country of birth and birthplace of parents, rest of Australia, 2011

Rest of Australia %
Overseas-born / 25.7%
Australian-born (both parents overseas-born) / 9.2%
Australian-born (one parent overseas-born) / 10.4%
Overseas-born or had at least one parent born overseas / (sub total) 45.3%
Australian-born (both parents born in Australia) / 47.5%
Australian-born (birthplace for either or both parents not stated) / 1.8%
Birthplace not stated / 5.5%

Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing

20.5% of Queenslanders stated they were born outside Australia.

Overseas-born persons by local government area (LGA), Queensland, 2011

Among Queensland’s local government areas, Brisbane had the highest proportion of residents born overseas (28.3%), closely followed by the Gold Coast (27.9%) and Logan (26.1%) as shown in Table 4.

The Top 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) with highest proportion of people born overseas are shown in Table 2.

Table 2: Top 20 LGAs (ASGS 2011) with highest proportion of people born overseas

(2011 Census usual residence counts)

1)Brisbane (C) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 295,201 / 28.3
Top overseas countries of birth: / New Zealand / 41,077 / 3.9
England / 39,721 / 3.8
China (a) / 18,555 / 1.8
India / 18,049 / 1.7
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 192,586 / 18.5
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Mandarin / 27,363 / 2.6
2)Gold Coast (C) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 138,036 / 27.9
Top overseas countries of birth: / New Zealand / 42,543 / 8.6
England / 27,705 / 5.6
South Africa / 5882 / 1.2
Japan / 3672 / 0.7
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 50,640 / 10.2
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Japanese / 4727 / 1.0
3)Logan (C) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 72,611 / 26.1
Top overseas countries of birth: / New Zealand / 21,835 / 7.9
England / 12,511 / 4.5
Philippines / 2271 / 0.8
South Africa / 1883 / 0.7
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 35,544 / 12.8
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Samoan / 3876 / 1.4
4)Cook (S) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 963 / 23.2
Top overseas countries of birth: / Sri Lanka / 219 / 5.3
Afghanistan / 188 / 4.5
England / 133 / 3.2
New Zealand / 98 / 2.4
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 352 / 8.5
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / GuuguYimidhirr / 76 / 1.8
5)Redland (C) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 31,404 / 22.6
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 9803 / 7.1
New Zealand / 7596 / 5.5
South Africa / 2011 / 1.5
Scotland / 1350 / 1.0
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 7951 / 5.7
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / German / 640 / 0.5
6)Cairns (R) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 31,598 / 20.2
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 6503 / 4.2
New Zealand / 5281 / 3.4
Papua New Guinea / 1996 / 1.3
Japan / 1541 / 1.0
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 17,069 / 10.9
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Japanese / 2063 / 1.3
7)Sunshine Coast (R) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 60,780 / 19.8
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 20,249 / 6.6
New Zealand / 14,908 / 4.9
South Africa / 2,448 / 0.8
Germany / 2196 / 0.7
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 12,593 / 4.1
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / German / 1868 / 0.6
8)Moreton Bay (R) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 71,710 / 19.0
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 20,462 / 5.4
New Zealand / 18,628 / 4.9
South Africa / 3665 / 1.0
Scotland / 2531 / 0.7
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 20,391 / 5.4
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Samoan / 1564 / 0.4
9)Ipswich (C) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 31,266 / 18.7
Top overseas countries of birth: / New Zealand / 8631 / 5.2
England / 5912 / 3.5
Samoa / 1423 / 0.9
Philippines / 1167 / 0.7
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 15,500 / 9.3
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Samoan / 3130 / 1.9
10)Scenic Rim (R) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 5428 / 14.9
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 1847 / 5.1
New Zealand / 1254 / 3.4
Germany / 255 / 0.7
Netherlands / 200 / 0.5
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 1136 / 3.1
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / German / 188 / 0.5
11)Mount Isa (C) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 3099 / 14.6
Top overseas countries of birth: / New Zealand / 866 / 4.1
Philippines / 412 / 1.9
England / 326 / 1.5
South Africa / 172 / 0.8
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 1557 / 7.3
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Filipino / 162 / 0.8
12)Tablelands (R) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 6348 / 14.5
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 1471 / 3.4
New Zealand / 940 / 2.1
Italy / 811 / 1.9
Germany / 376 / 0.9
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 3158 / 7.2
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Italian / 1279 / 2.9
13)Whitsunday (R) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 4437 / 14.1
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 1093 / 3.5
New Zealand / 1083 / 3.4
Philippines / 233 / 0.7
South Africa / 189 / 0.6
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 1433 / 4.6
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Korean / 165 / 0.5
14)Fraser Coast (R) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 13,339 / 14.0
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 4668 / 4.9
New Zealand / 2712 / 2.8
Germany / 654 / 0.7
Scotland / 591 / 0.6
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 2969 / 3.1
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / German / 423 / 0.4
15)Cassowary Coast (R) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 3668 / 13.3
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 643 / 2.3
New Zealand / 535 / 1.9
India / 450 / 1.6
Italy / 395 / 1.4
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 2488 / 9.0
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Italian / 665 / 2.4
16)Townsville (C) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 23,182 / 13.3
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 4936 / 2.8
New Zealand / 4483 / 2.6
Philippines / 1208 / 0.7
South Africa / 930 / 0.5
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 10,471 / 6.0
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Italian / 887 / 0.5
17)Gladstone (R) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 7184 / 12.4
Top overseas countries of birth: / New Zealand / 1950 / 3.4
England / 1498 / 2.6
South Africa / 581 / 1.0
Philippines / 444 / 0.8
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 2366 / 4.1
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Afrikaans / 282 / 0.5
18)Lockyer Valley (R) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 4315 / 12.3
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 1066 / 3.0
New Zealand / 693 / 2.0
Philippines / 159 / 0.5
Germany / 158 / 0.5
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 1720 / 4.9
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Arabic / 185 / 0.5
19)Somerset (R) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 2609 / 12.1
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 810 / 3.7
New Zealand / 555 / 2.6
Philippines / 191 / 0.9
Germany / 124 / 0.6
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 729 / 3.4
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Tagalog / 82 / 0.4
20)Bundaberg (R) / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 10,750 / 12.0
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 3270 / 3.6
New Zealand / 1863 / 2.1
Philippines / 497 / 0.6
Germany / 477 / 0.5
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 3286 / 3.7
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Italian / 382 / 0.4

(a) Excludes Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and Taiwan Province .

Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing

LOTELanguage other than English

LGAsLocal Government Area s

(C)City

(R)Regional Council

Country of birth continued

Comparative data on the number and proportion of people born overseas across all Queensland LGAs for 2006 and 2011 is shown in Table 3.

The data shows increases in both the number and percentage of the overseas born population in most of Queensland’s local government areas. Some notable increases between 2006 and 2011 in the number of people born overseas include Ipswich (21,463 to 31,266 people), Mackay (9424 to 13,248 people), Rockhampton (7565 to 10,097 people) and Townsville (17,990 to 23,182 people). Local government areas are listed in alphabetical order.

Table 3: Born overseas by LGAs (ASGC 2011) (a), 2006 and 2011 Census (usual residence counts)

2006 / Census / 2011 / Census
LGA
In alphabetical order of local government area / Born overseas / % of population / Born overseas / % of population
Aurukun (S) / 0 / 0.0 / 0 / 0.0
Balonne (S) / 178 / 3.8 / 221 / 4.7
Banana (S) / 885 / 6.1 / 1167 / 8.1
Barcaldine (R) / 143 / 4.4 / 177 / 5.5
Barcoo (S) / 15 / 4.2 / 16 / 4.6
Blackall Tambo (R) / 67 / 3.3 / 104 / 4.7
Boulia (S) / 19 / 4.5 / 17 / 3.5
Brisbane (C) / 229,161 / 24.0 / 295,201 / 28.3
Bulloo (S) / 13 / 3.5 / 19 / 4.7
Bundaberg (R) / 9007 / 10.9 / 10,750 / 12.0
Burdekin (S) / 1342 / 7.9 / 1459 / 8.4
Burke (S) / 29 / 5.8 / 33 / 6.4
Cairns (R) / 25,058 / 18.2 / 31,598 / 20.2
Carpentaria (S) / 125 / 6.4 / 150 / 7.3
Cassowary Coast (R) / 3317 / 11.9 / 3668 / 13.3
Central Highlands (R) / 2212 / 8.4 / 3120 / 10.9
Charters Towers (R) / 651 / 5.7 / 722 / 5.9
Cherbourg (S) / 3 / 0.3 / 0 / 0.0
Cloncurry (S) / 202 / 6.4 / 266 / 8.2
Cook (S) / 385 / 11.1 / 963 / 23.2
Croydon (S) / 12 / 4.7 / 14 / 4.5
Diamantina (S) / 27 / 9.6 / 24 / 8.5
Doomadgee (S) / 0 / 0.0 / 22 / 1.7
Etheridge (S) / 64 / 7.5 / 70 / 7.8
Flinders (S) / 78 / 4.4 / 80 / 4.5
Fraser Coast (R) / 11,164 / 13.2 / 13,339 / 14.0
Gladstone (R) / 5344 / 10.5 / 7184 / 12.4
Gold Coast (C) / 109,262 / 25.2 / 138,036 / 27.9
Goondiwindi (R) / 438 / 4.3 / 583 / 5.5
Gympie (R) / 4299 / 10.3 / 4976 / 10.9
Hinchinbrook (S) / 1280 / 11.1 / 1223 / 10.6
Hope Vale (S) / 3 / 0.4 / 0 / 0.0
Ipswich (C) / 21,463 / 15.4 / 31,266 / 18.7
Isaac (R) / 1467 / 7.4 / 2229 / 9.9
Kowanyama (S) / 0 / 0.0 / 0 / 0.0
Lockhart River (S) / 3 / 0.5 / 0 / 0.0
Lockyer Valley (R) / 3,201 / 10.6 / 4,315 / 12.3
Logan (C) / 59,126 / 23.6 / 72,611 / 26.1
Longreach (R) / 249 / 6.1 / 262 / 6.3
Mackay (R) / 9424 / 9.3 / 13,248 / 11.7
McKinlay (S) / 42 / 4.7 / 83 / 7.9
Mapoon (S) / 0 / 0.0 / 0 / 0.0
Maranoa (R) / 452 / 3.7 / 781 / 6.0
Moreton Bay (R) / 54,260 / 16.7 / 71,710 / 19.0
Mornington (S) / 0 / 0.0 / 4 / 0.4
Mount Isa (C) / 2310 / 11.7 / 3099 / 14.6
Murweh (S) / 240 / 5.2 / 344 / 7.4
Napranum (S) / 3 / 0.4 / 0 / 0.0
North Burnett (R) / 664 / 6.5 / 830 / 8.2
Northern Peninsula Area (R) / 0 / 0.0 / 13 / 0.6
Palm Island (S) / 3 / 0.2 / 0 / 0.0
Paroo (S) / 72 / 3.7 / 79 / 4.3
Pormpuraaw (S) / 0 / 0.0 / 3 / 0.5
Quilpie (S) / 44 / 4.5 / 63 / 6.5
Redland (C) / 26,592 / 20.8 / 31,404 / 22.6
Richmond (S) / 25 / 2.8 / 46 / 5.6
Rockhampton (R) / 7565 / 7.5 / 10,097 / 9.2
Scenic Rim (R) / 4558 / 13.9 / 5428 / 14.9
Somerset (R) / 2087 / 11.2 / 2609 / 12.1
South Burnett (R) / 2454 / 8.4 / 2908 / 9.4
Southern Downs (R) / 2874 / 9.1 / 3348 / 9.9
Sunshine Coast (R) / 49,977 / 18.1 / 60,780 / 19.8
Tablelands (R) / 5990 / 14.6 / 6348 / 14.5
Toowoomba (R) / 12,882 / 9.1 / 15,785 / 10.4
Torres (S) / 36 / 1.1 / 239 / 7.3
Torres Strait Island (R) / 9 / 0.2 / 16 / 0.4
Townsville (C) / 17,990 / 11.6 / 23,182 / 13.3
Weipa (T) / 283 / 10.0 / 361 / 10.8
Western Downs (R) / 1398 / 4.9 / 2005 / 6.3
Whitsunday (R) / 3826 / 13.0 / 4437 / 14.1
Winton (S) / 66 / 4.8 / 72 / 5.4
Woorabinda (S) / 0 / 0.0 / 3 / 0.3
WujalWujal (S) / 0 / 0.0 / 0 / 0.0
Yarrabah (S) / 0 / 0.0 / 0 / 0.0
(a) Census 2006 data have been concorded to latest local government area boundaries.
Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing
Source: ABS 2006 Census of Population and Housing, unpublished data (concorded by Queensland Treasury and Trade)

LGAsLocal Government Area s

(C)City

(R)Regional Council

(S)Shire

(T)Town

Overseas-born persons by suburb, South East Queensland, 2011

There were 20 suburbs across the Brisbane area where more than 40% of the population was born overseas as shown in Table 4.

The Top 20 State Suburbs with highest proportion of people born overseas are shown in Table 4.

Table 4: Top 20 State Suburbs (ASGS 2011) with highest proportion of people born overseas (2011 Census usual residence counts)

1)Robertson / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 2747 / 56.4
Top overseas countries of birth: / China (a) / 612 / 12.6
Taiwan / 467 / 9.6
India / 261 / 5.4
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 2672 / 54.9
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Mandarin / 1145 / 23.5
2)Stretton / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 2248 / 55.2
Top overseas countries of birth: / China (a) / 289 / 7.1
Taiwan / 284 / 7.0
New Zealand / Hong Kong / 162 / 4.0
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 2295 / 56.4
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Mandarin / 657 / 16.1
3)Macgregor / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 3021 / 54.2
Top overseas countries of birth: / China (a) / 837 / 15.0
Taiwan / 348 / 6.2
India / 258 / 4.6
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 2893 / 51.9
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Mandarin / 1125 / 20.2
4)Sunnybank / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 4111 / 50.8
Top overseas countries of birth: / China (a) / 1217 / 15.0
Taiwan / 578 / 7.1
India / 280 / 3.5
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 3846 / 47.5
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Mandarin / 1653 / 20.4
5)Calamvale / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 7762 / 50.8
Top overseas countries of birth: / China (a) / 1266 / 8.3
New Zealand / 791 / 5.2
Taiwan / 562 / 3.7
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 7098 / 46.4
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Mandarin / 1999 / 13.1
6)Runcorn / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 7143 / 50.7
Top overseas countries of birth: / China (a) / 1290 / 9.2
India / 667 / 4.7
New Zealand / 557 / 4.0
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 6546 / 46.5
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Mandarin / 1900 / 13.5
7)Sunnybank Hills / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 8296 / 49.3
Top overseas countries of birth: / China (a) / 1765 / 10.5
Taiwan / 1110 / 6.6
New Zealand / 725 / 4.3
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 7873 / 46.8
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Mandarin / 2992 / 17.8
8)Brisbane City / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 3835 / 48.6
Top overseas countries of birth: / South Korea / 522 / 6.6
England / 346 / 4.4
China (a) / 308 / 3.9
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 2739 / 34.7
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Mandarin / 613 / 7.8
9)Eight Mile Plains / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 6495 / 48.5
Top overseas countries of birth: / China (a) / 1000 / 7.5
South Korea / 789 / 5.9
Taiwan / 573 / 4.3
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 5993 / 44.8
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Mandarin / 1597 / 11.9
10)Darra / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 1719 / 44.8
Top overseas countries of birth: / Vietnam / 605 / 15.8
New Zealand / 130 / 3.4
India / 110 / 2.9
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 1865 / 48.6
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Vietnamese / 889 / 23.2
11)South Brisbane / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 2388 / 44.1
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 202 / 3.7
New Zealand / 200 / 3.7
China (a) / 177 / 3.3
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 1714 / 31.6
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Mandarin / 299 / 5.5
12)Kuraby / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 3412 / 43.9
Top overseas countries of birth: / India / 308 / 4.0
New Zealand / 297 / 3.8
South Africa / 270 / 3.5
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 3184 / 41.0
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Mandarin / 409 / 5.3
13)Richlands / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 882 / 42.5
Top overseas countries of birth: / Vietnam / 214 / 10.3
New Zealand / 182 / 8.8
England / 49 / 2.4
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 845 / 40.7
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Vietnamese / 357 / 17.2
14)Heathwood / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 766 / 42.1
Top overseas countries of birth: / New Zealand / 138 / 7.6
Vietnam / 101 / 5.5
England / 84 / 4.6
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 597 / 32.8
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Vietnamese / 165 / 9.1
15)St Lucia / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 4654 / 41.6
Top overseas countries of birth: / China (a) / 627 / 5.6
Malaysia / 552 / 4.9
Singapore / 459 / 4.1
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 3440 / 30.7
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Mandarin / 1105 / 9.9
16)Doolandella / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 1287 / 41.4
Top overseas countries of birth: / Vietnam / 369 / 11.9
New Zealand / 172 / 5.5
India / 88 / 2.8
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 1364 / 43.9
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Vietnamese / 605 / 19.5
17)Spring Hill / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 2165 / 41.2
Top overseas countries of birth: / South Korea / 207 / 3.9
India / 200 / 3.8
New Zealand / 187 / 3.6
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 1496 / 28.4
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Spanish / 176 / 3.3
18)Mount Ommaney / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 928 / 39.8
Top overseas countries of birth: / England / 106 / 4.5
Vietnam / 80 / 3.4
Taiwan / 78 / 3.3
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 689 / 29.5
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Mandarin / 150 / 6.4
19)Durack / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 2445 / 39.6
Top overseas countries of birth: / Vietnam / 884 / 14.3
New Zealand / 239 / 3.9
England / 199 / 3.2
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 2487 / 40.3
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Vietnamese / 1436 / 23.2
20)Logan Central / Persons / %
Population born overseas: / 2440 / 39.5
Top overseas countries of birth: / New Zealand / 590 / 9.6
Burma / 196 / 3.2
England / 155 / 2.5
Population speaking LOTE at home: / 1914 / 31.0
Most common LOTE spoken at home: / Samoan / 334 / 5.4
(a) Excludes Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and Taiwan Province.
Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing
Note: Population born overseas includes 'Australian External Territories', 'Inadequately described', and 'At sea'.
Note: Population speaking LOTE at home includes 'Inadequately described' and 'Non-verbal, so described'.
Note: All percentages are based on the 2011 Census usual resident population for each State Suburb.

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