RDA Darling Downs and South West Region
Birthplace
In 2016, 10.2% of people in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region were born overseas, compared with 6.4% in Quilpie Shire.
Country of Birth data identifies where people were born and is indicative of the level of cultural diversity in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region. The mix of Country of Birth groups is also indicative of historical settlement patterns, as source countries for Australia's immigration program have varied significantly over time.
To get a more complete picture of cultural and ethnic characteristics, the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region's Country of Birth data should be viewed together with Ancestry, Language Spoken at Home and Religion.
Please note: Due to changes in ABS rules around perturbation and additivity of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual birthplace groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS. For more information see notes on data confidentiality.
Derived from the Census question:
'In which country was the person born?'
Total population
| Birthplace - Summary | ||||||||
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| RDA Darling Downs and South West Region - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Birthplace | Number | % | Quilpie Shire % | Number | % | Quilpie Shire % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Total overseas born | 27,025 | 10.2 | 6.4 | 38000 | 23,190 | 9.2 | 6.2 | +3,835 |
| Australia | 215,171 | 81.5 | 88.7 | 38004 | 215,108 | 85.0 | 89.2 | +63 |
| Not stated | 21,911 | 8.3 | 4.9 | 38006 | 14,653 | 5.8 | 4.6 | +7,258 |
| Total Population | 264,107 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 252,951 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +11,156 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Birthplace - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| RDA Darling Downs and South West Region - Overseas born (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Birthplace | Number | % | Quilpie Shire % | Number | % | Quilpie Shire % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| United Kingdom | 5,692 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 30036 | 5,875 | 2.3 | 0.9 | -183 |
| New Zealand | 3,776 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 30023 | 3,660 | 1.4 | 2.3 | +116 |
| Philippines | 2,082 | 0.8 | -- | 30027 | 1,333 | 0.5 | -- | +749 |
| India | 1,610 | 0.6 | -- | 30013 | 682 | 0.3 | -- | +928 |
| South Africa | 1,285 | 0.5 | -- | 30031 | 1,224 | 0.5 | -- | +61 |
| China | 674 | 0.3 | -- | 30005 | 515 | 0.2 | -- | +159 |
| Germany | 641 | 0.2 | -- | 30010 | 685 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -44 |
| Zimbabwe | 636 | 0.2 | -- | 30131 | 662 | 0.3 | -- | -26 |
| Netherlands | 616 | 0.2 | -- | 30022 | 660 | 0.3 | -- | -44 |
| United States of America | 587 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 30037 | 500 | 0.2 | 0.6 | +87 |
| Papua New Guinea | 497 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 30026 | 458 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +39 |
| Italy | 395 | 0.1 | -- | 30017 | 450 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -55 |
| Sri Lanka | 363 | 0.1 | -- | 30033 | 187 | 0.1 | -- | +176 |
| Iraq | 350 | 0.1 | -- | 30015 | 112 | 0.0 | -- | +238 |
| Ireland | 346 | 0.1 | -- | 30016 | 295 | 0.1 | -- | +51 |
| Malaysia | 334 | 0.1 | -- | 30020 | 344 | 0.1 | -- | -10 |
| Canada | 333 | 0.1 | -- | 30004 | 299 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +34 |
| South Korea | 330 | 0.1 | -- | 30029 | 168 | 0.1 | -- | +162 |
| Nepal | 306 | 0.1 | -- | 30102 | 115 | 0.0 | -- | +191 |
| Brazil | 281 | 0.1 | -- | 30067 | 135 | 0.1 | -- | +146 |
| Taiwan | 279 | 0.1 | -- | 30058 | 159 | 0.1 | -- | +120 |
| Fiji | 279 | 0.1 | -- | 30008 | 268 | 0.1 | -- | +11 |
| South Sudan | 261 | 0.1 | -- | 30135 | 86 | 0.0 | -- | +175 |
| Vietnam | 243 | 0.1 | -- | 30038 | 200 | 0.1 | -- | +43 |
| Sudan | 229 | 0.1 | -- | 30134 | 339 | 0.1 | -- | -110 |
| Pakistan | 208 | 0.1 | -- | 30108 | 60 | 0.0 | -- | +148 |
| Afghanistan | 188 | 0.1 | -- | 30061 | 18 | 0.0 | -- | +170 |
| Thailand | 186 | 0.1 | -- | 30034 | 138 | 0.1 | 0.4 | +48 |
| Singapore | 184 | 0.1 | -- | 30030 | 159 | 0.1 | -- | +25 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | 177 | 0.1 | -- | 30072 | 105 | 0.0 | -- | +72 |
| Kenya | 159 | 0.1 | -- | 30088 | 102 | 0.0 | -- | +57 |
| Iran | 142 | 0.1 | -- | 30049 | 59 | 0.0 | -- | +83 |
| Bangladesh | 126 | 0.0 | -- | 30063 | 88 | 0.0 | -- | +38 |
| Hong Kong | 123 | 0.0 | -- | 30012 | 138 | 0.1 | -- | -15 |
| Indonesia | 119 | 0.0 | -- | 30014 | 146 | 0.1 | -- | -27 |
| Japan | 110 | 0.0 | -- | 30018 | 119 | 0.0 | -- | -9 |
| France | 101 | 0.0 | -- | 30039 | 79 | 0.0 | -- | +22 |
| Serbia / Montenegro (fmr Yugoslavia) | 97 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 30032 | 89 | 0.0 | 0.5 | +8 |
| Poland | 93 | 0.0 | -- | 30028 | 91 | 0.0 | -- | +2 |
| Denmark | 93 | 0.0 | -- | 30075 | 116 | 0.0 | -- | -23 |
| Kuwait | 92 | 0.0 | -- | 30090 | 11 | 0.0 | -- | +81 |
| Switzerland | 90 | 0.0 | -- | 30120 | 85 | 0.0 | -- | +5 |
| Spain | 86 | 0.0 | -- | 30057 | 33 | 0.0 | -- | +53 |
| Croatia | 75 | 0.0 | -- | 30006 | 82 | 0.0 | -- | -7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 72 | 0.0 | -- | 30111 | 179 | 0.1 | -- | -107 |
| Finland | 70 | 0.0 | -- | 30082 | 72 | 0.0 | -- | -2 |
| Hungary | 68 | 0.0 | -- | 30048 | 64 | 0.0 | -- | +4 |
| Austria | 68 | 0.0 | -- | 30042 | 77 | 0.0 | -- | -9 |
| Egypt | 67 | 0.0 | -- | 30007 | 56 | 0.0 | 0.3 | +11 |
| Uganda | 65 | 0.0 | -- | 30125 | 45 | 0.0 | -- | +20 |
| Libya | 65 | 0.0 | -- | 30094 | 116 | 0.0 | -- | -51 |
| Zambia | 65 | 0.0 | -- | 30130 | 49 | 0.0 | -- | +16 |
| Russian Federation | 61 | 0.0 | -- | 30056 | 37 | 0.0 | -- | +24 |
| Romania | 49 | 0.0 | -- | 30055 | 50 | 0.0 | -- | -1 |
| Argentina | 48 | 0.0 | -- | 30041 | 62 | 0.0 | -- | -14 |
| Chile | 46 | 0.0 | -- | 30045 | 39 | 0.0 | -- | +7 |
| Malta | 44 | 0.0 | -- | 30021 | 59 | 0.0 | -- | -15 |
| Tonga | 42 | 0.0 | -- | 30123 | 32 | 0.0 | -- | +10 |
| Cook Islands | 41 | 0.0 | -- | 30073 | 16 | 0.0 | -- | +25 |
| Colombia | 39 | 0.0 | -- | 30071 | 17 | 0.0 | -- | +22 |
| Ukraine | 39 | 0.0 | -- | 30060 | 37 | 0.0 | -- | +2 |
| Sweden | 38 | 0.0 | -- | 30119 | 55 | 0.0 | -- | -17 |
| Tanzania | 37 | 0.0 | -- | 30122 | 30 | 0.0 | -- | +7 |
| Nigeria | 36 | 0.0 | -- | 30104 | 22 | 0.0 | -- | +14 |
| Samoa | 33 | 0.0 | -- | 30110 | 19 | 0.0 | -- | +14 |
| Belgium | 32 | 0.0 | -- | 30065 | 36 | 0.0 | -- | -4 |
| Estonia | 30 | 0.0 | -- | 30080 | 6 | 0.0 | -- | +24 |
| Greece | 30 | 0.0 | -- | 30011 | 39 | 0.0 | -- | -9 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 29 | 0.0 | -- | 30070 | 63 | 0.0 | -- | -34 |
| United Arab Emirates | 29 | 0.0 | -- | 30126 | 32 | 0.0 | -- | -3 |
| El Salvador | 27 | 0.0 | -- | 30078 | 28 | 0.0 | -- | -1 |
| Turkey | 27 | 0.0 | -- | 30035 | 13 | 0.0 | -- | +14 |
| Czechia | 25 | 0.0 | -- | 30074 | 21 | 0.0 | -- | +4 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 0.0 | -- | 30081 | 26 | 0.0 | -- | -1 |
| Lebanon | 22 | 0.0 | -- | 30019 | 31 | 0.0 | -- | -9 |
| Cambodia | 21 | 0.0 | -- | 30044 | 9 | 0.0 | -- | +12 |
| Mauritius | 20 | 0.0 | -- | 30052 | 19 | 0.0 | -- | +1 |
| Cyprus | 19 | 0.0 | -- | 30046 | 29 | 0.0 | -- | -10 |
| Namibia | 19 | 0.0 | -- | 30101 | 16 | 0.0 | -- | +3 |
| Liberia | 18 | 0.0 | -- | 30093 | 21 | 0.0 | -- | -3 |
| Norway | 18 | 0.0 | -- | 30105 | 6 | 0.0 | -- | +12 |
| Peru | 18 | 0.0 | -- | 30109 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +15 |
| Sierra Leone | 18 | 0.0 | -- | 30114 | 21 | 0.0 | -- | -3 |
| Portugal | 18 | 0.0 | -- | 30054 | 16 | 0.0 | -- | +2 |
| Ghana | 17 | 0.0 | -- | 30084 | 13 | 0.0 | -- | +4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15 | 0.0 | -- | 30003 | 14 | 0.0 | -- | +1 |
| Israel | 14 | 0.0 | -- | 30086 | 15 | 0.0 | -- | -1 |
| Eastern Europe, nfd | 14 | 0.0 | -- | 30076 | 12 | 0.0 | -- | +2 |
| Vanuatu | 14 | 0.0 | -- | 30128 | 9 | 0.0 | -- | +5 |
| Slovenia | 13 | 0.0 | -- | 30116 | 9 | 0.0 | -- | +4 |
| Mexico | 13 | 0.0 | -- | 30097 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +10 |
| Jordan | 13 | 0.0 | -- | 30087 | 6 | 0.0 | -- | +7 |
| Eritrea | 12 | 0.0 | -- | 30079 | 0 | -- | -- | +12 |
| Latvia | 10 | 0.0 | -- | 30092 | 12 | 0.0 | -- | -2 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 10 | 0.0 | -- | 30068 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +7 |
| North Macedonia | 10 | 0.0 | -- | 30009 | 6 | 0.0 | -- | +4 |
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Excludes countries of birth with fewer than 10 people.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the country of birth of the population in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region in 2016 compared to Quilpie Shire shows that there was a larger proportion of people born overseas.
Overall, 10.2% of the population was born overseas, compared with 6.4% for Quilpie Shire.
The largest non-English speaking country of birth in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region was Philippines, where 0.8% of the population, or 2,082 people, were born.
There were no major differences between RDA Darling Downs and South West Region and Quilpie Shire in 2016.
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2016, the number of people born overseas increased by 3,835 or 16.5%.
The largest changes in birthplace countries of the population in this area between 2011 and 2016 were for those born in:
- India (+928 persons)
- Philippines (+749 persons)
- Iraq (+238 persons)
- Nepal (+191 persons)