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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.



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.



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


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’.




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.


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


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


9.2%

10.4%

47.5%

1.8%

5.5% 25.7%



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



> 20%10–19%5–9%< 5%




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)





3) Logan (C)





4) Cook (S)





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)





6) Cairns (R)





7) Sunshine Coast (R)





8) Moreton Bay (R)





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)



9) Ipswich (C)





10) Scenic Rim (R)





11) Mount Isa (C)





12) Tablelands (R)





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)





14) Fraser Coast (R)





15) Cassowary Coast (R)





16) Townsville (C)





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



17) Gladstone (R)





18) Lockyer Valley (R)





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)





20) Bundaberg (R)





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 .


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.



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

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

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



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



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



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



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).


Figure 3.2: Overseas-born persons by suburb, South East Queensland, 2011


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




1) Robertson





2) Stretton





3) Macgregor





4) Sunnybank





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





6) Runcorn





7) Sunnybank Hills





8) Brisbane City





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



9) Eight Mile Plains





10) Darra





11) South Brisbane





12) Kuraby





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





14) Heathwood





15) St Lucia





16) Doolandella





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



17) Spring Hill





18) Mount Ommaney





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





20) Logan Central





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.


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.



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.


% 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



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.




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.


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



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.




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.


Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people Australian South Sea Islanders



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.


Figure 5: Religious affiliation, Queensland, 2011



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



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



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


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)



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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