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Population composition

  • In the Outer South-East Region, 64.7% of the population (49,677 people) were born in Australia, including 777 Indigenous Australians (1.0% of the Outer South-East Region population).

  • Mount Gravatt East had the highest number of Indigenous people in the region with a total of 145 people, but the highest proportions were in Mount Gravatt East and Mount Gravatt (both 1.5%). Stretton-Karawatha and MacGregor had the lowest percentages (0.2%) of Indigenous Australians.

  • Mount Gravatt East (73.3%) had the highest proportion of people born in Australia (excluding Indigenous people), and Stretton-Karawatha (44.6%) had the lowest proportion.

  • Stretton-Karawatha recorded the highest percentage of people born overseas (49.1%).

  • The proportion of overseas visitors in Stretton-Karawatha (2.5%) was the highest in the region, and Eight Mile Plains had the largest number of overseas visitors (259 people).

 Population composition (numbers)
 All persons
 
Indigenous
Australians
No.
Others born
in Australia
No.
Born
overseas
No.
Overseas
visitor
No.
Not
stated
No.
Total
No.
 Eight Mile Plains
92 
6,285 
4,050 
259 
467 
11,153 
 Kuraby
66 
2,926 
1,461 
76 
173 
4,702 
 MacGregor
11 
2,885 
2,063 
90 
130 
5,179 
 Mansfield
107 
6,659 
2,301 
78 
288 
9,433 
 Mount Gravatt
47 
2,209 
673 
54 
106 
3,089 
 Mount Gravatt East
145 
6,907 
1,820 
66 
480 
9,418 
 Rochedale
884 
282 
17 
66 
1,258 
 Runcorn
132 
7,028 
4,536 
185 
466 
12,347 
 Stretton-Karawatha
1,395 
1,534 
77 
113 
3,125 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
100 
5,198 
1,707 
65 
360 
7,430 
 Wishart
62 
6,524 
2,480 
77 
433 
9,576 
 Outer South-East Region
777 
48,900 
22,907 
1,044 
3,082 
76,710 
 Brisbane City
11,898 
624,008 
198,630 
14,669 
39,244 
888,449 

 

 Population composition (percentages)
 All persons
 
Indigenous
Australians
%
Others born
in Australia
%
Born
overseas
%
Overseas
visitor
%
Not
stated
%
Total
%
 Eight Mile Plains
0.8% 
56.4% 
36.3% 
2.3% 
4.2% 
100.0% 
 Kuraby
1.4% 
62.2% 
31.1% 
1.6% 
3.7% 
100.0% 
 MacGregor
0.2% 
55.7% 
39.8% 
1.7% 
2.5% 
100.0% 
 Mansfield
1.1% 
70.6% 
24.4% 
0.8% 
3.1% 
100.0% 
 Mount Gravatt
1.5% 
71.5% 
21.8% 
1.7% 
3.4% 
100.0% 
 Mount Gravatt East
1.5% 
73.3% 
19.3% 
0.7% 
5.1% 
100.0% 
 Rochedale
0.7% 
70.3% 
22.4% 
1.4% 
5.2% 
100.0% 
 Runcorn
1.1% 
56.9% 
36.7% 
1.5% 
3.8% 
100.0% 
 Stretton-Karawatha
0.2% 
44.6% 
49.1% 
2.5% 
3.6% 
100.0% 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
1.3% 
70.0% 
23.0% 
0.9% 
4.8% 
100.0% 
 Wishart
0.6% 
68.1% 
25.9% 
0.8% 
4.5% 
100.0% 
 Outer South-East Region
1.0% 
63.7% 
29.9% 
1.4% 
4.0% 
100.0% 
 Brisbane City
1.3% 
70.2% 
22.4% 
1.7% 
4.4% 
100.0% 

 


Further information
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