Regional QLD
Birthplace
In 2021, 18.4% of people in Regional QLD were born overseas, compared with 11.6% in Regional SA.
Country of Birth data identifies where people were born and is indicative of the level of cultural diversity in Regional QLD. 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, Regional QLD'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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| Regional QLD - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2001 | Change | |||||
| Birthplace | Number | % | Regional SA % | Number | % | Regional SA % | 2001 to 2021 | |
| Total overseas born | 480,668 | 18.4 | 11.6 | 38000 | 254,417 | 14.0 | 10.7 | +226,251 |
| Australia | 1,944,263 | 74.4 | 81.3 | 38004 | 1,460,221 | 80.3 | 84.6 | +484,042 |
| Not stated | 190,060 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 38006 | 102,952 | 5.7 | 4.7 | +87,108 |
| Total Population | 2,614,991 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,817,590 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +797,401 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Birthplace - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Regional QLD - Overseas born (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2001 | Change | |||||
| Birthplace | Number | % | Regional SA % | Number | % | Regional SA % | 2001 to 2021 | |
| United Kingdom | 112,507 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 30036 | 80,942 | 4.5 | 5.6 | +31,565 |
| New Zealand | 96,351 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 30023 | 59,894 | 3.3 | 0.6 | +36,457 |
| Philippines | 23,549 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 30027 | 7,090 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +16,459 |
| South Africa | 22,699 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 30031 | 5,505 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +17,194 |
| India | 20,124 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 30013 | 2,208 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +17,916 |
| China | 13,713 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 30005 | 2,115 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +11,598 |
| Germany | 11,402 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 30010 | 10,208 | 0.6 | 0.6 | +1,194 |
| United States of America | 9,680 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 30037 | 4,856 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +4,824 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8,003 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 30026 | 5,394 | 0.3 | 0.0 | +2,609 |
| Japan | 7,568 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 30018 | 4,221 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +3,347 |
| Netherlands | 7,273 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 30022 | 7,507 | 0.4 | 0.5 | -234 |
| Brazil | 6,896 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 30067 | 265 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +6,631 |
| Canada | 6,741 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 30004 | 2,897 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +3,844 |
| Italy | 6,624 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 30017 | 7,783 | 0.4 | 0.4 | -1,159 |
| Thailand | 6,334 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 30034 | 1,358 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +4,976 |
| South Korea | 6,325 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 30029 | 1,566 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +4,759 |
| Ireland | 4,901 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 30016 | 2,708 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +2,193 |
| Malaysia | 4,767 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 30020 | 2,353 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +2,414 |
| Zimbabwe | 4,735 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 30131 | 1,378 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +3,357 |
| Nepal | 4,341 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 30102 | 59 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +4,282 |
| Vietnam | 4,119 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 30038 | 781 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +3,338 |
| Taiwan | 3,732 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30058 | 1,163 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +2,569 |
| Fiji | 3,644 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30008 | 1,642 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +2,002 |
| France | 3,451 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30039 | 1,588 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1,863 |
| Indonesia | 3,403 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30014 | 1,704 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1,699 |
| Sri Lanka | 3,252 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30033 | 992 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +2,260 |
| Hong Kong | 3,019 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30012 | 1,429 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1,590 |
| Iraq | 2,649 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30015 | 160 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +2,489 |
| Poland | 2,466 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30028 | 1,764 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +702 |
| Singapore | 2,361 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30030 | 1,335 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1,026 |
| Serbia / Montenegro (fmr Yugoslavia) | 2,000 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30032 | 1,965 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +35 |
| Colombia | 1,897 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30071 | 168 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1,729 |
| Switzerland | 1,794 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30120 | 1,414 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +380 |
| Iran | 1,724 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30049 | 377 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +1,347 |
| Hungary | 1,695 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30048 | 1,468 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +227 |
| Croatia | 1,654 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30006 | 1,568 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +86 |
| Russian Federation | 1,651 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30056 | 475 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1,176 |
| Argentina | 1,594 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30041 | 386 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1,208 |
| Spain | 1,561 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30057 | 773 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +788 |
| Malta | 1,539 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30021 | 1,695 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -156 |
| Austria | 1,528 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30042 | 1,583 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -55 |
| Pakistan | 1,517 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30108 | 230 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1,287 |
| Chile | 1,464 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30045 | 328 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1,136 |
| Sweden | 1,411 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30119 | 874 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +537 |
| Egypt | 1,313 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30007 | 748 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +565 |
| Kenya | 1,275 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30088 | 505 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +770 |
| Denmark | 1,243 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30075 | 1,055 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +188 |
| Finland | 1,162 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30082 | 1,213 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -51 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,100 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30003 | 653 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +447 |
| Greece | 1,094 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30011 | 1,176 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -82 |
| Samoa | 1,027 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30110 | 339 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +688 |
| Bangladesh | 984 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30063 | 134 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +850 |
| Romania | 935 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30055 | 432 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +503 |
| Cook Islands | 909 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30073 | 450 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +459 |
| Czechia | 884 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30074 | 577 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +307 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 883 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30070 | 192 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +691 |
| Turkey | 876 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30035 | 467 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +409 |
| Mauritius | 866 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30052 | 469 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +397 |
| Vanuatu | 841 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30128 | 140 | 0.0 | -- | +701 |
| Belgium | 824 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30065 | 514 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +310 |
| Tonga | 787 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30123 | 181 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +606 |
| Ukraine | 732 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30060 | 303 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +429 |
| Nigeria | 720 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30104 | 82 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +638 |
| Zambia | 649 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30130 | 186 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +463 |
| Portugal | 578 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30054 | 176 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +402 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | 576 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30072 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +552 |
| Peru | 576 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30109 | 161 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +415 |
| Cambodia | 565 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30044 | 112 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +453 |
| United Arab Emirates | 563 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30126 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +463 |
| Laos | 554 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30091 | 346 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +208 |
| Bhutan | 544 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30132 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Uruguay | 535 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30127 | 247 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +288 |
| Lebanon | 498 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30019 | 311 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +187 |
| Sudan | 470 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30134 | 63 | 0.0 | -- | +407 |
| Israel | 456 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30086 | 177 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +279 |
| Norway | 456 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30105 | 569 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -113 |
| Syria | 446 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30121 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +419 |
| Afghanistan | 437 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30061 | 73 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +364 |
| Slovenia | 436 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30116 | 287 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +149 |
| North Macedonia | 429 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30009 | 226 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +203 |
| Venezuela | 421 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30129 | 58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +363 |
| Mexico | 414 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30097 | 96 | 0.0 | -- | +318 |
| Cyprus | 400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30046 | 356 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +44 |
| Slovakia | 391 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30115 | 201 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +190 |
| New Caledonia | 380 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30103 | 270 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +110 |
| Eastern Europe, nfd | 379 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30076 | 495 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -116 |
| El Salvador | 349 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30078 | 241 | 0.0 | -- | +108 |
| Saudi Arabia | 349 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30111 | 55 | 0.0 | -- | +294 |
| Ethiopia | 310 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30081 | 85 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +225 |
| South Sudan | 294 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30135 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Tanzania | 283 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30122 | 126 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +157 |
| Estonia | 276 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30080 | 117 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +159 |
| Uganda | 262 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30125 | 39 | 0.0 | -- | +223 |
| East Timor | 257 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30047 | 167 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +90 |
| Seychelles | 226 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30113 | 179 | 0.0 | -- | +47 |
| Bulgaria | 224 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30069 | 90 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +134 |
| Namibia | 215 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30101 | 67 | 0.0 | -- | +148 |
| Ghana | 199 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30084 | 47 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +152 |
| Latvia | 189 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30092 | 270 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -81 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 189 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30124 | 122 | 0.0 | -- | +67 |
| Eritrea | 183 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30079 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +177 |
| Jamaica | 175 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30144 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Morocco | 167 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30099 | 75 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +92 |
| Kuwait | 162 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30090 | 57 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +105 |
| Libya | 148 | 0.0 | -- | 30094 | 69 | 0.0 | -- | +79 |
| Lithuania | 148 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30095 | 150 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -2 |
| Jordan | 145 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30087 | 64 | 0.0 | -- | +81 |
| Ecuador | 141 | 0.0 | -- | 30077 | 21 | 0.0 | -- | +120 |
| Kazakhstan | 135 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30141 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Malawi | 120 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30145 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rwanda | 118 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30146 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Botswana | 112 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30066 | 47 | 0.0 | -- | +65 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 111 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30068 | 51 | 0.0 | -- | +60 |
| Somalia | 110 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30117 | 13 | 0.0 | -- | +97 |
| Mozambique | 107 | 0.0 | -- | 30100 | 24 | 0.0 | -- | +83 |
| Albania | 107 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30062 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +80 |
| Bahrain | 105 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30138 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Belarus | 100 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30064 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +73 |
| Cuba | 96 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30143 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Algeria | 87 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30137 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Sierra Leone | 85 | 0.0 | -- | 30114 | 9 | 0.0 | -- | +76 |
| Oman | 75 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30106 | 9 | 0.0 | -- | +66 |
| Macau | 73 | 0.0 | -- | 30096 | 30 | 0.0 | -- | +43 |
| Qatar | 68 | 0.0 | -- | 30139 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Liberia | 65 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30093 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +62 |
| Gaza Strip and West Bank | 51 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30083 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +30 |
| Armenia | 13 | 0.0 | -- | 30140 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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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 Regional QLD in 2021 compared to Regional SA shows that there was a larger proportion of people born overseas.
Overall, 18.4% of the population was born overseas, compared with 11.6% for Regional SA.
The largest non-English speaking country of birth in Regional QLD was Philippines, where 0.9% of the population, or 23,549 people, were born.
The major difference between the countries of birth of the population in Regional QLD and Regional SA was:
- A larger percentage of people born in New Zealand (3.7% compared to 0.8%)
Emerging groups
Between 2001 and 2021, the number of people born overseas increased by 226,251 or 88.9%.
The largest changes in birthplace countries of the population in this area between 2001 and 2021 were for those born in:
- New Zealand (+36,457 persons)
- United Kingdom (+31,565 persons)
- India (+17,916 persons)
- South Africa (+17,194 persons)