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1 5.8% (251,987) of people who were usual residents of Queensland did not state their birthplace at the time of the 2011 Census. These people are included in Queensland’s total usual resident population.
2 Unless otherwise stated, all Census data in this document relate to place of usual residence, which is where persons usually live rather than the place where they were counted on Census night.
At the time of the 2011 Census, 20.5% (888,636 people) of Queensland’s total resident population1 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 diversity2 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:
x the source countries of overseas-born people in Queensland
x the ancestry of Queensland residents
x languages spoken other than English
x English language proficiency of overseas-born people
x Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people
x migration patterns.
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20.5%or 888,636 Queenslanders were born overseas in more than 220 countries.
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Census 2011 data shows that 4,332,739 residents were counted in Queensland, an increase of 11.0% (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% in 2006. 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 of Australia.
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 (Figure 1). However, when comparing the actual number of people born overseas, Queensland has the third highest number after New South Wales (1,778,550) and Victoria (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%).
Country of birth
Overseas-born as % of populationBorn in a non-main English speaking country (non-MESC) as % of population(a)
Figure 1: Overseas-born people as a proportion of the total population, states and territories, 2011
per c
ent
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas. NT ACT
(a) Non-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.
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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 1). 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.
Country of birth continued
36.2%or 1,566,854 Queenslanders were either born overseas or have at least one parent born overseas.
QueenslandCountry of birth
AustraliaNew Zealand
England
South Africa
India
Philippines
China(a)
Scotland
Germany
Vietnam
United States of America
Netherlands
Papua New Guinea
Italy
Malaysia
South Korea
Fiji
Ireland
Taiwan
Japan
Canada
Other(c)
Total overseas-born(c)
Total(d)
Number
3,192,114192,037
179,495
35,549
30,259
29,462
27,036
24,058
21,027
16,269
15,811
14,986
14,500
13,231
12,790
12,552
11,401
10,901
10,893
10,317
9664
196,398
888,636
4,332,739
% Population
73.74.4
4.1
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
4.5
20.5
100.0
Table 1: Top 20 overseas countries of birth, Queensland and rest of Australia, 2011
Rest of AustraliaCountry of birth
AustraliaEngland
China(a)
New Zealand
India
Italy
Vietnam
Philippines
South Africa
Scotland
Malaysia
Greece
Germany
Sri Lanka
Lebanon
Hong Kong(b)
South Korea
United States of America
Netherlands
Indonesia
Ireland
Other(c)
Total overseas-born(c)
Total(d)
Number
11,825,731732,097
291,933
291,359
265,104
172,170
168,770
141,771
110,134
109,374
103,406
96,497
86,976
78,717
75,157
66,226
61,986
61,199
61,061
56,599
56,417
1,318,558
4,405,511
17,174,981
% Population
68.94.3
1.7
1.7
1.5
1.0
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
7.7
25.7
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.
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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 (Figure 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 (Figure 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.
Country of birth continued
Figure 2.1: Country of birth and birthplace of parents, Queensland, 2011
Birth place not statedBirthplace for either or both parents not stated Both parents born in Australia
Overseas born or at least one parent born overseas, 36.2%
Overseas-born Both parents born-overseasOne parent born-overseas
Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing.
5.2%
10.5%
56.2%
1.8%
5.8% 20.5%
Figure 2.2: Country of birth and birthplace of parents, rest of Australia, 2011
Birth place not statedBirthplace for either or both parents not stated Both parents born in Australia
Overseas born or at least one parent born overseas, 45.3%
Overseas-born Both parents born-overseasOne parent born-overseas
Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing.
9.2%
10.4%
47.5%
1.8%
5.5% 25.7%
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0 200 400
Kilometres
Bundaberg
Gladstone
Burdekin
Whitsunday
Mackay
Rockhampton
Moreton Bay
Gympie
BrisbaneRedlandIpswich
LoganGold Coast
Fraser Coast
Townsville
Hinchinbrook
Cassowary Coast
Cairns
Cook
Central Highlands
Isaac
Tablelands
Sunshine Coast
Scenic Rim
The distribution of people born overseas across Queensland local government areas, and suburbs in South East Queensland, is presented in Figures 3.1 and 3.2 (page 12) respectively.
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%) shown in Figure 3.1.
The Top 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) with highest proportion of people born overseas are shown in Table 2 (page 7–9).
20.5%of Queenslanders stated they were born outside Australia.Figure 3.1: Overseas-born persons by local government area, Queensland, 2011
Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing.
Country of birth continued
> 20%10–19%5–9%< 5%
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Country of birth continued
1) Brisbane (C)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
2) Gold Coast (C)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
3) Logan (C)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
4) Cook (S)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
New Zealand
England
China (a)
India
Mandarin
New Zealand
England
South Africa
Japan
Japanese
New Zealand
England
Philippines
South Africa
Samoan
Sri Lanka
Afghanistan
England
New Zealand
Guugu Yimidhirr
Persons
295,201
41,077
39,721
18,555
18,049
192,586
27,363
Persons
138,036
42,543
27,705
5882
3672
50,640
4727
Persons
72,611
21,835
12,511
2271
1883
35,544
3876
Persons
963
219
188
133
98
352
76
%
28.3
3.9
3.8
1.8
1.7
18.5
2.6
%
27.9
8.6
5.6
1.2
0.7
10.2
1.0
%
26.1
7.9
4.5
0.8
0.7
12.8
1.4
%
23.2
5.3
4.5
3.2
2.4
8.5
1.8
5) Redland (C)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
6) Cairns (R)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
7) Sunshine Coast (R)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
8) Moreton Bay (R)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
England
New Zealand
South Africa
Scotland
German
England
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Japan
Japanese
England
New Zealand
South Africa
Germany
German
England
New Zealand
South Africa
Scotland
Samoan
Persons
31,404
9803
7596
2011
1350
7951
640
Persons
31,598
6503
5281
1996
1541
17,069
2063
Persons
60,780
20,249
14,908
2448
2196
12,593
1868
Persons
71,710
20,462
18,628
3665
2531
20,391
1564
%
22.6
7.1
5.5
1.5
1.0
5.7
0.5
%
20.2
4.2
3.4
1.3
1.0
10.9
1.3
%
19.8
6.6
4.9
0.8
0.7
4.1
0.6
%
19.0
5.4
4.9
1.0
0.7
5.4
0.4
Table 2: Top 20 LGAs (ASGS 2011) with highest proportion of people born overseas (2011 Census usual residence counts)
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9) Ipswich (C)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
10) Scenic Rim (R)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
11) Mount Isa (C)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
12) Tablelands (R)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
New Zealand
England
Samoa
Philippines
Samoan
England
New Zealand
Germany
Netherlands
German
New Zealand
Philippines
England
South Africa
Filipino
England
New Zealand
Italy
Germany
Italian
Persons
31,266
8631
5912
1423
1167
15,500
3130
Persons
5428
1847
1254
255
200
1136
188
Persons
3099
866
412
326
172
1557
162
Persons
6348
1471
940
811
376
3158
1279
%
18.7
5.2
3.5
0.9
0.7
9.3
1.9
%
14.9
5.1
3.4
0.7
0.5
3.1
0.5
%
14.6
4.1
1.9
1.5
0.8
7.3
0.8
%
14.5
3.4
2.1
1.9
0.9
7.2
2.9
13) Whitsunday (R)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
14) Fraser Coast (R)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
15) Cassowary Coast (R)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
16) Townsville (C)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
England
New Zealand
Philippines
South Africa
Korean
England
New Zealand
Germany
Scotland
German
England
New Zealand
India
Italy
Italian
England
New Zealand
Philippines
South Africa
Italian
Persons
4437
1093
1083
233
189
1433
165
Persons
13,339
4668
2712
654
591
2969
423
Persons
3668
643
535
450
395
2488
665
Persons
23,182
4936
4483
1208
930
10,471
887
%
14.1
3.5
3.4
0.7
0.6
4.6
0.5
% 14.0
4.9
2.8
0.7
0.6
3.1
0.4
%
13.3
2.3
1.9
1.6
1.4
9.0
2.4
%
13.3
2.8
2.6
0.7
0.5
6.0
0.5
Country of birth continued Table 2: Top 20 LGAs (ASGS 2011) with highest proportion of people born overseas (2011 Census usual residence counts) continued
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17) Gladstone (R)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
18) Lockyer Valley (R)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
New Zealand
England
South Africa
Philippines
Afrikaans
England
New Zealand
Philippines
Germany
Arabic
Persons
7184
1950
1498
581
444
2366
282
Persons
4315
1066
693
159
158
1720
185
%
12.4
3.4
2.6
1.0
0.8
4.1
0.5
%
12.3
3.0
2.0
0.5
0.5
4.9
0.5
Country of birth continued Table 2: Top 20 LGAs (ASGS 2011) with highest proportion of people born overseas (2011 Census usual residence counts) continued
19) Somerset (R)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
20) Bundaberg (R)
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
England
New Zealand
Philippines
Germany
Tagalog
England
New Zealand
Philippines
Germany
Italian
Persons
2609
810
555
191
124
729
82
Persons
10,750
3270
1863
497
477
3286
382
%
12.1
3.7
2.6
0.9
0.6
3.4
0.4
%
12.0
3.6
2.1
0.6
0.5
3.7
0.4
Language other than EnglishLocal Government AreasCityRegional Council
LOTELGAs
(C)(R)
(a) Excludes Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and Taiwan Province .
Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing.
Comparative data on the number and proportion of people born overseas across all Queensland LGAs for 2006 and 2011 is shown in Table 3 (page 10–11).
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.
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Aurukun (S)
Balonne (S)
Banana (S)
Barcaldine (R)
Barcoo (S)
Blackall Tambo (R)
Boulia (S)
Brisbane (C)
Bulloo (S)
Bundaberg (R)
Burdekin (S)
Burke (S)
Cairns (R)
Carpentaria (S)
Cassowary Coast (R)
Central Highlands (R)
Charters Towers (R)
Cherbourg (S)
Cloncurry (S)
Cook (S)
Croydon (S)
Diamantina (S)
Doomadgee (S)
Etheridge (S)
Flinders (S)
Fraser Coast (R)
Gladstone (R)
Gold Coast (C)
Goondiwindi (R)
Gympie (R)
Hinchinbrook (S)
2006 Census
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2011 Census
Born overseas 2011 Census
LGAIn alphabetical order of local government area % Population Born overseas % Population
0
178
885
143
15
67
19
229,161
13
9007
1342
29
25,058
125
3317
2212
651
3
202
385
12
27
0
64
78
11,164
5344
109,262
438
4299
1280
0
221
1167
177
16
104
17
295,201
19
10,750
1459
33
31,598
150
3668
3120
722
0
266
963
14
24
22
70
80
13,339
7184
138,036
583
4976
1223
0.0
3.8
6.1
4.4
4.2
3.3
4.5
24.0
3.5
10.9
7.9
5.8
18.2
6.4
11.9
8.4
5.7
0.3
6.4
11.1
4.7
9.6
0.0
7.5
4.4
13.2
10.5
25.2
4.3
10.3
11.1
0.0
4.7
8.1
5.5
4.6
4.7
3.5
28.3
4.7
12.0
8.4
6.4
20.2
7.3
13.3
10.9
5.9
0.0
8.2
23.2
4.5
8.5
1.7
7.8
4.5
14.0
12.4
27.9
5.5
10.9
10.6
Hope Vale (S)
Ipswich (C)
Isaac (R)
Kowanyama (S)
Lockhart River (S)
Lockyer Valley (R)
Logan (C)
Longreach (R)
Mackay (R)
McKinlay (S)
Mapoon (S)
Maranoa (R)
Moreton Bay (R)
Mornington (S)
Mount Isa (C)
Murweh (S)
Napranum (S)
North Burnett (R)
Northern Peninsula Area (R)
Palm Island (S)
Paroo (S)
Pormpuraaw (S)
Quilpie (S)
Redland (C)
Richmond (S)
Rockhampton (R)
Scenic Rim (R)
Somerset (R)
South Burnett (R)
Southern Downs (R)
Sunshine Coast (R)
2006 Census 2011 Census
Born overseas 2011 Census
LGAIn alphabetical order of local government area % Population Born overseas % Population
3
21,463
1467
0
3
3201
59,126
249
9424
42
0
452
54,260
0
2310
240
3
664
0
3
72
0
44
26,592
25
7565
4558
2087
2454
2874
49,977
0
31,266
2229
0
0
4315
72,611
262
13,248
83
0
781
71,710
4
3099
344
0
830
13
0
79
3
63
31,404
46
10,097
5428
2609
2908
3348
60,780
0.4
15.4
7.4
0.0
0.5
10.6
23.6
6.1
9.3
4.7
0.0
3.7
16.7
0.0
11.7
5.2
0.4
6.5
0.0
0.2
3.7
0.0
4.5
20.8
2.8
7.5
13.9
11.2
8.4
9.1
18.1
0.0
18.7
9.9
0.0
0.0
12.3
26.1
6.3
11.7
7.9
0.0
6.0
19.0
0.4
14.6
7.4
0.0
8.2
0.6
0.0
4.3
0.5
6.5
22.6
5.6
9.2
14.9
12.1
9.4
9.9
19.8
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Tablelands (R)
Toowoomba (R)
Torres (S)
Torres Strait Island (R)
Townsville (C)
Weipa (T)
Western Downs (R)
Whitsunday (R)
Winton (S)
Woorabinda (S)
Wujal Wujal (S)
Yarrabah (S)
2006 Census
Country of birth continued Table 3: Born overseas by LGAs (ASGC 2011) (a), 2006 and 2011 Census (usual residence counts) continued
2011 Census
Born overseas 2011 Census
LGAIn alphabetical order of local government area % Population Born overseas % Population
5990
12,882
36
9
17,990
283
1398
3826
66
0
0
0
14.6
9.1
1.1
0.2
11.6
10.0
4.9
13.0
4.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
14.5
10.4
7.3
0.4
13.3
10.8
6.3
14.1
5.4
0.3
0.0
0.0
Local Government AreasCityRegional CouncilShireTown
LGAs(C)(R)(S)(T)
(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).
6348
15,785
239
16
23,182
361
2005
4437
72
3
0
0
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There were 20 suburbs across the Brisbane area where more than 40% of the population was born overseas as shown in Figure 3.2.
The Top 20 State Suburbs with highest proportion of people
born overseas are shown in Table 4 (page 13–15).
Country of birth continued
Figure 3.2: Overseas-born persons by suburb, South East Queensland, 2011
Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing.
State suburbs based on the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), July 2011.
> 40%30 – 39%20 – 29%10 – 19%< 5%
Toowoomba
Gold Coast
Moreton Bay
Brisbane
Ipswich
Lockyer Valley
Somerset
Sunshine Coast
Scenic Rim
Redland
Sunnybank
Eight MilePlains
BrisbaneCity
Darra
Calamvale
0 20 40
Kilometres
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Country of birth continued
1) Robertson
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
2) Stretton
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
3) Macgregor
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
4) Sunnybank
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
China(a)
Taiwan
India
Mandarin
China(a)
Taiwan
New Zealand / Hong Kong
Mandarin
China(a)
Taiwan
India
Mandarin
China(a)
Taiwan
India
Mandarin
Persons
2747
612
467
261
2672
1145
Persons
2248
289
284
162
2295
657
Persons
3021
837
348
258
2893
1125
Persons
4111
1217
578
280
3846
1653
%
56.4
12.6
9.6
5.4
54.9
23.5
% 55.2
7.1
7.0
4.0
56.4
16.1
%
54.2
15.0
6.2
4.6
51.9
20.2
%
50.8
15.0
7.1
3.5
47.5
20.4
Table 4: Top 20 State Suburbs (ASGS 2011) with highest proportion of people born overseas (2011 Census usual residence counts)
5) Calamvale
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
6) Runcorn
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
7) Sunnybank Hills
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
8) Brisbane City
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
China(a)
New Zealand
Taiwan
Mandarin
China(a)
India
New Zealand
Mandarin
China(a)
Taiwan
New Zealand
Mandarin
South Korea
England
China(a)
Mandarin
Persons
7762
1266
791
562
7098
1999
Persons 7143
1290
667
557
6546
1900
Persons
8296
1765
1110
725
7873
2992
Persons
3835
522
346
308
2739
613
%
50.8
8.3
5.2
3.7
46.4
13.1
% 50.7
9.2
4.7
4.0
46.5
13.5
%
49.3
10.5
6.6
4.3
46.8
17.8
%
48.6
6.6
4.4
3.9
34.7
7.8
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9) Eight Mile Plains
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
10) Darra
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
11) South Brisbane
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
12) Kuraby
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
China(a)
South Korea
Taiwan
Mandarin
Vietnam
New Zealand
India
Vietnamese
England
New Zealand
China(a)
Mandarin
India
New Zealand
South Africa
Mandarin
Persons
6495
1000
789
573
5993
1597
Persons
1719
605
130
110
1865
889
Persons
2388
202
200
177
1714
299
Persons
3412
308
297
270
3184
409
%
48.5
7.5
5.9
4.3
44.8
11.9
%
44.8
15.8
3.4
2.9
48.6
23.2
%
44.1
3.7
3.7
3.3
31.6
5.5
%
43.9
4.0
3.8
3.5
41.0
5.3
13) Richlands
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
14) Heathwood
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
15) St Lucia
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
16) Doolandella
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
Vietnam
New Zealand
England
Vietnamese
New Zealand
Vietnam
England
Vietnamese
China (a)
Malaysia
Singapore
Mandarin
Vietnam
New Zealand
India
Vietnamese
Persons
882
214
182
49
845
357
Persons
766
138
101
84
597
165
Persons
4654
627
552
459
3440
1105
Persons
1287
369
172
88
1364
605
%
42.5
10.3
8.8
2.4
40.7
17.2
%
42.1
7.6
5.5
4.6
32.8
9.1
%
41.6
5.6
4.9
4.1
30.7
9.9
%
41.4
11.9
5.5
2.8
43.9
19.5
Country of birth continued Table 4: Top 20 State Suburbs (ASGS 2011) with highest proportion of people born overseas (2011 Census usual residence counts) continued
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17) Spring Hill
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
18) Mount Ommaney
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
South Korea
India
New Zealand
Spanish
England
Vietnam
Taiwan
Mandarin
Persons
2165
207
200
187
1496
176
Persons
928
106
80
78
689
150
%
41.2
3.9
3.8
3.6
28.4
3.3
%
39.8
4.5
3.4
3.3
29.5
6.4
19) Durack
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
20) Logan Central
Population born overseas:
Top overseas countries of birth:
Population speaking LOTE at home:
Most common LOTE spoken at home:
Vietnam
New Zealand
England
Vietnamese
New Zealand
Burma
England
Samoan
Persons
2445
884
239
199
2487
1436
Persons
2440
590
196
155
1914
334
%
39.6
14.3
3.9
3.2
40.3
23.2
%
39.5
9.6
3.2
2.5
31.0
5.4
Country of birth continued Table 4: Top 20 State Suburbs (ASGS 2011) with highest proportion of people born overseas (2011 Census usual residence counts) continued
(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’. All percentages are based on the 2011 Census usual resident population for each State Suburb.
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Ancestry, when used in conjunction with a person’s country of birth and their parent’s country of birth, provides a good indication of the ethnic background of first and second generation Australians.
The ancestry data collected in the Census are a measure of self-identification of ethnic or cultural background and therefore provides a broad measure of cultural diversity.
The most common ancestries reported at the time of the 2011 Census in both Queensland and Australia were English, Australian and Irish, representing 85.5% of the Queensland population, higher than reported for the rest of Australia (74.1%) as shown in Table 5.
German, New Zealand and Maori ancestries were more common in Queensland compared with the rest of Australia, while Italian, Greek and Indian ancestries were more common in the rest of Australia, reflecting the different settlement patterns of these communities.
Ancestry
QueenslandAncestry (a)
English
Australian
Irish
Scottish
German
Italian
Chinese
Dutch
New Zealander
Maori
Number
1,629,463
1,587,992
484,929
421,004
270,890
116,263
94,848
69,217
60,621
48,283
(a) Respondents to the Census are asked to report up to two ancestries on the Census form; therefore, the percentages may sum to more than 100%. (b) Based on 4-digit ancestry codes from the Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG) Second Edition, Revision 1, 2011.
Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing.
% Population
37.6
36.7
11.2
9.7
6.3
2.7
2.2
1.6
1.4
1.1
Rest of AustraliaAncestry (b)
English
Australian
Irish
Scottish
Italian
Chinese
German
Greek
Indian
Dutch
Number
5,609,070
5,510,494
1,602,829
1,371,618
799,858
771,360
627,784
350,583
344,753
266,276
% Population
32.7
32.1
9.3
8.0
4.7
4.5
3.7
2.0
2.0
1.6
Table 5: Top 10 ancestries(a), Queensland and rest of Australia, 2011
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3 At the time of the 2011 Census, 41,819 (4.7%) Queensland usual residents who stated they were born overseas did not state their year of arrival in Australia. These people are included in Queensland’s total usual resident overseas-born population.
Results from the 2011 Census show that of the 888,636 people born overseas living in Queensland, 40.8% had arrived in Australia prior to 1990, 14.2% arrived between 1990 and 1999 and 40.2% arrived between 2000 and 20113.
The year of arrival in Australia of people born overseas varied considerably by country of birth. Of those Queensland residents born in England, 59.7% (107,162 people) arrived before 1990, 9.3% (16,689 people) arrived between 1990 and 1999, and 26.4% (47,386 people) arrived between 2000 and 2011. People born in New Zealand arrived in Australia more recently, with 33.9% (65,054 people) arriving before 1990, while 17.8% (34,110 people) arrived between 1991 and 1999, and 43.0% (82,613 people) arrived between 2000 and 2011.
Figure 4 shows the year of arrival for the top 10 source countries of birth for Queensland residents (after England and New Zealand). Year of arrival for people from Europe (Scotland, Germany and the Netherlands) is skewed heavily toward the period before 1990, with relatively few arrivals since 1991. In contrast, arrivals from South Africa, India and China have been much greater since 2000, compared with previous time periods.
Year of arrival in Australia
Arrived before 1990Arrived 1991–1999Arrived 2000–2011(a)
Thou
sand
s
25
20
15
10
5
0South Africa India Philippines China(b) Scotland Germany Vietnam United States Netherlands Papua New Guinea
Figure 4: Year of arrival, overseas-born Queenslanders by top 10 source birthplaces (excluding England and New Zealand), 2011
(a) 1 January 2000 to 9 August 2011. (b) Excludes Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and Taiwan Province.
Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing.
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Table 6 highlights the composition of overseas arrivals into Queensland over time by country of birth. The key point to note is the constancy of arrivals of people born in New Zealand and England. However, other major countries of birth have changed considerably over this time.
Arrivals before 1970 were dominated by people from European countries. During the 1970s, there was an increase in arrivals of people born in Papua New Guinea (following independence from Australia in 1975) and Vietnam (following the end of the Vietnam War). Arrivals of people born in these two countries, together with those from the United States, Germany, South Africa, Malaysia and Ireland, strongly underpinned the migration landscape of the 1970s.
Throughout the 1980s, there was a shift to arrivals of people born in the Philippines and Fiji. From the 1990s onwards there has been an increasing trend towards arrivals of people born in Asian and Pacific Island countries, together with a large number of arrivals of people born in South Africa, the United States of America and Zimbabwe.
Year of arrival in Australia continued
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Before 1970
England
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Scotland
New Zealand
Greece
Malta
Ireland
PNG
(a) 1 January 2011 to 9 August 2011. (b) Excludes Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and Taiwan Province. (c) Special Administrative Region of China.
Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing.
1970–1979
England
New Zealand
PNG
Scotland
USA
Germany
South Africa
Vietnam
Malaysia
Ireland
Table 6: Top 10 source birthplaces by year of arrival, overseas-born Queenslanders, 2011
1980–1989
New Zealand
England
Philippines
Vietnam
South Africa
Scotland
Germany
Fiji
PNG
Malaysia
1990–1999
New Zealand
England
Philippines
South Africa
Taiwan
Vietnam
China(b)
Fiji
Hong Kong(c)
Samoa
2000–2011(a)
New Zealand
England
South Africa
India
China(b)
Philippines
South Korea
USA
Japan
Zimbabwe
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4 At the time of the 2011 Census, 232,939 usual residents of Queensland did not state their language spoken at home.
The 2011 Census showed there were 423,838 Queensland residents who spoke a language other than English at home—9.8% of the population4. This was considerably lower than the proportion in the Northern Territory (26.7%), Victoria (23.1%) and New South Wales (22.5%). In Queensland, 1.4% of residents spoke a language other than English at home and spoke English not well or not at all. This proportion was significantly lower than in Victoria and New South Wales (4.0% and 3.9% respectively) as shown in Table 7.
Language other than English, and proficiency in spoken English
9.8%or 423,838 Queenslanders speak a language other than English at home.
NSW
Vic
Qld
SA
WA
Tas
NT
ACT
Australia(a)
(a) Includes Other Territories. Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing.
1,285,078
1,023,923
366,866
191,613
280,476
19,708
46,981
56,940
3,272,385
Table 7: Language other than English spoken at home by proficiency in spoken English, 2011
18.6
19.1
8.5
12.0
12.5
4.0
22.2
15.9
15.2
271,689
212,634
62,404
39,933
46,838
3249
10,394
7825
655,382
3.9
4.0
1.4
2.5
2.1
0.7
4.9
2.2
3.0
State or territory
Speaks English very well or well
Speaks English not well or not at all
% PopulationNumber% PopulationNumber
In 2011, the most common language other than English spoken at home in Queensland was Mandarin, followed by Cantonese and Vietnamese (compared with Mandarin, Italian and Arabic in the rest of Australia) as shown in Table 8.
QueenslandLanguage(a)
Mandarin
Cantonese
Vietnamese
Italian
German
Spanish
Hindi
Japanese
Samoan
Korean
Number
38,117
22,258
21,852
21,711
16,352
15,602
13,188
13,086
12,810
12,733
% Population
0.9
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
AustraliaLanguage(a)
Mandarin
Italian
Arabic
Cantonese
Greek
Vietnamese
Spanish
Hindi
Tagalog
Macedonian
Number
298,293
278,122
275,754
241,416
240,816
211,538
101,896
98,163
69,046
67,653
% Population
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.4
1.4
1.2
0.6
0.6
0.4
0.4
Table 8: Top 10 languages other than English spoken at home, Queensland and rest of Australia, 2011
(a) Based on 4-digit ancestry codes from the Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG) Second Edition, Revision 1, 2011.
Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing.
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5Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. The call for recognition – a report on the situation of Australian South Sea Islanders. Canberra: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 1992.
At the time of the 2011 Census, 155,824 people or 3.6% of Queensland’s residents identified as being either Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. This figure represented 28.4% of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of 548,370. Queensland had the second largest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population after New South Wales (172,621).
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of Australia’s Torres Strait Islander population and about a quarter (24.8%) of Australia’s Aboriginal population lived in Queensland at the time of the 2011 Census.
The majority (78.9%) of Indigenous Queenslanders identified as being Aboriginal, with a further 12.9% identifying as Torres Strait Islander and 8.2% identifying as being both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.
In the five years to 2011, Queensland’s count of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents increased by 28,246 or 22.1%. This growth reflects natural population increase, improved data collection methods and the likelihood of people newly identifying their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status in the Census.
At the time of the 2011 Census, there were 3093 Australian South Sea Islander residents in Queensland, compared with 944 in the rest of Australia.
While the number of Australian South Sea Islanders in Queensland increased by 41 people over the five years from the 2006 Census, the number in the rest of Australia decreased by 102 people.
While Australian South Sea Islanders lived in 42 local government areas across Queensland, more than half (55.4%) lived in five areas only, including Mackay (R) (635 people), followed by Rockhampton (368 people) and Brisbane (C) (338 people) as shown in Table 9.
It is likely the Census significantly undercounted the Australian South Sea Islander population. The 1992 Call for Recognition report, published by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, estimated there were 15,000 to 20,000 descendants of the original labourers in Australia, many with mixed ancestry and including some who do not identify as Australian South Sea Islanders. The report estimated there were between 10,000 and 12,000 self-identified Australian South Sea Islanders Australia-wide.5
Local Government Area
Mackay (R)
Rockhampton (R)
Brisbane (C)
Townsville (C)
Cairns (R)
Balance of Queensland
Number
635
368
338
189
184
1379
% of Australian South Sea Islander population
20.5
11.9
10.9
6.1
5.9
44.6
Table 9: Top five local government areas, Australian South Sea Islanders(a), Queensland, 2011
(a) Based on 4-digit ancestry codes from the Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG) Second Edition, Revision 1, 2011.
Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing.
Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people Australian South Sea Islanders
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In the 2011 Census, the most common religious affiliation was Christianity (2,785,084 people or 64.3% of the total population), followed by Buddhism (1.5%), Islam (0.8%) and Hinduism (0.7%) as shown in Figure 5.
While affiliates of religions other than Christianity remain a relatively small proportion (4.5%) of Queensland’s population, there has been significant growth in the number of people affiliated with some of these religions. Affiliates of Hinduism more than doubled from 14,058 in 2006 to 28,641 in 2011. Affiliates of Islam also grew by 67.5% to 34,047 people and Buddhism by 38.8% to 65,941 people over the same period.
There were 955,782 people (22.1% of the total population) with no religious affiliation, while 395,603 (9.1%) did not answer the question on religious affiliation (answering the census question on religious affiliation is optional).
Religion
68.8%or 2,981,353 Queenslanders followed more than 100 religions.
Christianity (64.3%)Buddhism (1.5%)Islam (0.8%)Hinduism (0.7%)
Judaism (0.1%)Other religions (1.5%)No religion (22.1%)Not stated (9.1%)
2,785,084
63,198
955,782
65,941
395,603
4442
28,64134,047
Note: Percentages in Figure 5 have been rounded to the nearest 10. As a result of rounding, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.
Source: ABS 2011 Census of Population and Housing.
Figure 5: Religious affiliation, Queensland, 2011
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Settler arrivals comprise:
x holders of a permanent visa
x holders of a temporary (provisional) visa where there is a clear intention to settle
x New Zealand citizens who indicate an intention to migrate permanently
x those who are otherwise eligible to settle (e.g. overseas-born children of Australian citizens).
Over the 20 years to 2010–11, Queensland consistently received the third highest number of settler arrivals into Australia, after New South Wales and Victoria as shown in Figure 6.
While the number of settler arrivals to Queensland declined sharply from a peak of 33,029 in 2008–09 to 24,946 in 2009–10, the number increased slightly to 25,827 in 2010–11.
Settler arrivals
20.3%of the national total settler arrivals
were in Queensland in 2010–11.
Western AustraliaQueensland
VictoriaNew South Wales
Thou
sand
s
60
50
40
30
20
10
019
85–
86
1990
–91
1995
–96
200
0–
96
200
5–0
6
2010
–11
(a) Based on intended residence at time of arrival only. There can be no guarantee that the settler actually settled in the nominated state.
Source: DIAC, Settler Arrivals 2008–09 to 2010–11.
Figure 6: Settler arrivals, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia(a), 1985–86 to 2010–11
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Settler arrivals continued
Half (13,018) of all permanent arrivals to Queensland in 2010–11 were New Zealand citizens arriving under the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement, and indicated an intention to migrate permanently to Australia as shown in Table 10.
The skill category provided the second largest source of settler arrivals to Queensland (5702 people) in 2010–11, followed by the family category (5364 people) and the humanitarian program (1354 people).
Over the two years from 2008–09 to 2010–11, there was a significant decrease in the number of migrants arriving under the skilled category, down from a peak of 10,810 in 2008–09 to 5702 in 2010–11, a decrease from 32.7% to 22.1% of all settler arrivals. There has also been a significant increase in the number of New Zealand citizens intending to settle in Queensland in recent years, up from 10,559 in 2005–06 to 13,018 in 2010–11, an increase from 42.5% to 50.4% of all settler arrivals.
Table 10: Settler arrivals(a) by eligibility category, Queensland(b), 2002–03 to 2010–11
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
(a) Settler arrival statistics presented in this table are derived from passenger card and other data relating to overseas arrivals, where arriving persons have indicated an intention or legal entitlement to permanently settle in Australia. Not all persons intending to stay, or with legal entitlement to permanently stay, will actually do so. In addition, these data do not include those persons granted a permanent visa while residing in Australia. (b) Based on Queensland as intended residence at time of arrival only. There can be no guarantee that the settler actually settled in Queensland. (c) Includes the Special eligibility category made up of former citizens of Australia, former residents of Australia and family (dependents) of New Zealand Citizens, and other non-program migration which refers primarily to the arrival in Australia of children born to Australian citizens overseas. It also includes residents of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Norfolk Island and persons granted Australian citizenship overseas.
Source: DIAC Settler arrivals, 2010–2011, and Immigration Update, 2002–2003 to 2010–2011.
3453
3893
4185
4511
4969
5054
5790
5775
5364
5204
7421
7243
8101
8899
10,132
10,810
7963
5702
950
990
1506
1432
1398
976
1159
1284
1354
6331
7681
9443
10,559
12,979
15,973
14,890
9608
13,018
State or territory
Eligibility category
New Zealand cit.HumanitarianSkillFamily Other(c)
244
299
283
259
395
361
380
316
389
Total
16,182
20,284
22,660
24,862
28,640
32,496
33,029
24,946
25,827
Total permanent settlers
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
21.3
19.2
18.5
18.1
17.3
15.6
17.5
23.2
20.8
32.2
36.6
32.0
32.6
31.1
31.2
32.7
31.9
22.1
5.9
4.9
6.6
5.8
4.9
3.0
3.5
5.1
5.2
39.1
37.9
41.7
42.5
45.3
49.2
45.1
38.5
50.4
1.5
1.5
1.2
1.0
1.4
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Percentage of total permanent settlers
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HumanitarianCountry of birth
Afghanistan
Iran
Burma
Laos
Bhutan
Iraq
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Thailand
Nepal
Somalia
Total(f)
Number
228
182
146
141
113
112
95
72
72
70
1818
FamilyCountry of birth
United Kingdom
China(e)
Philippines
India
Thailand
Vietnam
United States of America
South Africa
Japan
Canada
Total(f)
Number
846
676
641
391
369
297
294
229
191
180
6997
Settler arrivals continued
Table 11 shows the country of birth of settler arrivals by migration stream for people residing in Queensland who arrived in Australia in 2010–11. Both the skilled and family categories included people born in China, India, the Philippines, South Africa and the United Kingdom.
The top 10 countries of birth in the humanitarian category reflect those countries at the centre of recent global conflicts, such as Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq, as well as a number of Asian nations, including Burma, Laos, Thailand and Bhutan. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia also make the top 10.
SkilledCountry of birth
United Kingdom
India
Philippines
South Africa
China(e)
South Korea
Australia
Ireland
Sri Lanka
New Zealand
Total(f)
Number
1470
1469
1019
1001
845
435
425
354
272
245
11,328
(a) Settler arrival statistics presented in this table are derived from various departmental systems used to process migration applications both in Australia and overseas and external sources including Medicare Australia. It should be noted that not all persons intending to permanently stay, or with legal entitlement to permanently stay, will actually do so. (b) Excludes persons in the non-program migration category, such as New Zealand citizens who indicate an intention to migrate permanently and those who are otherwise eligible to settle (e.g. overseas-born children of Australian citizens). (c) State of residence. The numbers of migrants in this location may not be an accurate reflection of all current residents due to limitations in the collection of residential information. (d) Arrival date. For migrants granted a permanent visa while residing in Australia, ‘arrival date’ refers to the arrival date entry prior to permanent visa grant. For those granted a permanent visa while outside of Australia, ‘arrival date’ refers to their next date of entry into Australia after the visa grant. (e) Excludes Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and Taiwan Province. (f) Includes other countries of birth.
Source: DIAC Settlement Database (extracted 30 July 2012). This database is updated on the 4th of each month, and the figures presented in this table were current at the time of extraction only and contains the following records:
> Permanent visas issued and arrivals of visaed settlers processed overseas.> Permanent residence grants processed in Australia.
Table 11: Settler arrivals(a), top 10 countries of birth by migration stream(b), Queensland(c), 2010–11(d)
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Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs
At 30 June 2011, there were 145,160 temporary entrants nominating Queensland as their intended primary place of residence as shown in Table 12.
Of these, one-third (49,110) were students and a further 20.5% were visitors. These categories were followed by working holiday makers (15.3%) and business (long stay) visa holders (15.2%).
The top 10 source countries for temporary entrants intending to reside in Queensland include India (11.7%), followed by United Kingdom (10.9%), China (9.1%), South Korea (8.7%) and the United States (5.0%).
Temporary entrants
(a) Notes on temporary entrant stock data: these data exclude all provisional and selected other (e.g. humanitarian) visa subclasses; revised data are based on latest visa in effect and may not be consistent with data based on latest visa granted; unlawful stay cases excluded. (b) State of intended residence. (c) Student includes student guardian. (d) Excludes Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and Taiwan Province.
Note: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Table components may not sum consistently to totals due to rounding.
Source: DIAC, unpublished data (received 9 August 2011).
Student(c)
Visitor
Working Holiday Maker
Business (Long stay)
Other
Total
Table 12: Stock of temporary entrants(a) by visa type and top 10 countries of citizenship, Queensland(b), 30 June 2011
49,110
29,830
22,280
22,000
21,940
145,160
33.8
20.5
15.3
15.2
15.1
100.0
Number % temporary entrants
Visa type
India
United Kingdom
China(d)
South Korea
USA
Japan
Taiwan
Philippines
Ireland
Canada
17,000
15,750
13,140
12,630
7270
6890
5660
4570
4420
3890
11.7
10.9
9.1
8.7
5.0
4.7
3.9
3.1
3.0
2.7
Country of citizenship
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Diversity Figures 2011 is a joint project of the Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs and Queensland Treasury and Trade. For more information please contact Government Statistician, Queensland Treasury and Trade on (07) 3035 6418. Information about Queensland’s diversity is also outlined in the Diversity Figures snapshot available from Multicultural Affairs Queensland at www.multicultural.qld.gov.au.
This document uses data primarily from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2011 Census of Population and Housing and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) to provide a snapshot of the geographical distribution of Queensland’s diverse population. The Census data are on a usual residence basis, which is where people usually live rather than the place where they were counted on Census night. There were 251,987 people who were usual residents of Queensland who did not state their birthplace at the time of the 2011 Census. These people are included in Queensland’s total usual resident population when calculating the percentage of Queenslanders born overseas. The boundaries shown are based on the ABS 2011 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).
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