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Country of birth by statistical division, Queensland, 2006

Countries Statistical divisions
Brisbane Gold Coast Sunshine Coast West Moreton Wide Bay-Burnett Darling Downs South West Fitzroy Central West Mackay Northern Far North North West Queensland (a)
— persons —
Australia  1,295,079 286,269 208,842 66,521 206,623 183,065 22,302 163,905 10,344 120,991 162,828 175,857 24,462 2,935,260
Bosnia and Herzegovina  2,412 764 24 0 8 13 0 18 0 8 17 47 5 3,273
Canada  3,685 1,183 657 96 315 220 16 197 4 169 358 488 41 7,421
China (Excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) (b) 11,480 1,926 279 53 132 368 9 201 0 89 218 323 14 15,059
Croatia  2,115 895 182 36 124 112 0 44 3 33 40 221 11 3,859
Egypt  903 524 123 10 51 30 4 13 0 19 32 55 5 1,787
Fiji  6,921 541 229 71 190 225 27 197 6 107 233 202 30 8,948
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 589 170 16 3 6 11 0 3 0 0 8 9 0 851
Germany  8,902 2,837 2,146 488 1,464 610 36 553 34 555 754 1,572 101 20,114
Greece  2,843 535 127 17 61 41 4 58 0 47 183 170 12 4,109
Hong Kong (SAR of China) (b) 6,043 1,041 170 22 70 114 3 54 0 25 103 175 10 7,829
India  7,617 1,093 326 62 231 303 7 303 3 114 324 499 54 10,975
Indonesia  3,303 680 278 72 126 117 7 80 0 74 170 349 9 5,310
Iraq  531 84 10 17 6 17 0 7 0 7 23 15 0 722
Ireland  4,416 968 518 101 298 230 16 189 10 185 215 398 36 7,658
Italy  6,706 1,540 544 53 509 466 6 112 4 304 1,523 2,089 40 13,999
Japan  3,285 3,093 269 40 122 89 0 83 0 53 88 1,343 4 8,594
Korea, Republic of (South)  4,824 1,841 77 80 142 122 0 43 0 87 109 245 11 7,637
Lebanon  877 214 33 3 13 22 0 12 0 9 13 20 0 1,255
Malaysia  6,725 1,079 315 71 190 335 12 149 10 95 318 292 14 9,608
Malta  1,004 535 201 44 182 31 5 46 0 415 73 192 13 2,781
Netherlands  7,251 1,997 1,488 436 1,149 622 28 481 18 401 455 833 54 15,261
New Zealand  75,327 32,431 12,276 1,930 5,071 2,618 244 3,719 206 3,539 3,849 6,014 745 148,760
Papua New Guinea  6,848 825 654 167 361 386 26 259 13 266 800 1,867 102 12,589
Philippines  10,181 2,261 692 282 1,028 488 29 664 25 653 772 1,319 275 18,707
Poland  3,130 914 240 35 124 106 13 92 4 75 104 225 8 5,069
Singapore  3,334 685 226 36 56 167 0 66 0 48 130 114 6 4,901
South Africa  12,960 3,712 1,515 202 559 675 58 673 15 923 683 508 118 22,709
South Eastern Europe, Nfd  2,370 728 150 47 130 88 6 80 3 59 56 187 10 3,920
Sri Lanka  3,680 325 145 31 115 103 11 66 3 59 127 150 13 4,806
Thailand  2,489 640 209 37 95 79 0 131 4 109 164 520 11 4,510
Turkey  570 280 21 23 72 20 0 10 0 41 3 40 0 1,127
United Kingdom (c) 97,889 28,368 19,781 3,969 11,362 5,350 255 4,967 149 4,224 5,996 9,155 606 193,059
United States of America  6,120 1,727 1,142 215 524 445 23 355 6 267 501 782 32 12,200
Viet Nam  11,935 328 67 83 123 71 30 142 3 60 114 121 4 13,083
Born Elsewhere (d) 61,409 12,496 4,860 1004 2,578 2,870 116 1,915 58 1,600 2,702 4,630 445 96,954
Country of Birth Not Stated  112,759 38,425 17,439 5,271 15,336 11,797 1,473 14,044 847 14,459 12,583 20,027 3,742 269,829
Total overseas born (e) 390,673 109,260 49,990 9,836 27,587 17,564 991 15,982 581 14,719 21,258 35,169 2,839 699,444
Total persons 1,798,511 433,954 276,271 81,628 249,546 212,426 24,766 193,931 11,772 150,169 196,669 231,053 31,043 3,904,533
Proportion of Persons Born Overseas (e) (%) 21.7 25.2 18.1 12.0 11.1 8.3 4.0 8.2 4.9 9.8 10.8 15.2 9.1 17.9
Note: Regions are based on the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2008. Data have been generated using population-based concordances at the statistical local area level. 
(a) Queensland totals may not be equivalent to the sum of the statistical divisions due to confidentialisation of data cells.
(b) SAR is an abbreviation of 'Special Administrative Region'. SARs comprise 'Hong Kong (SAR of China)' and 'Macau (SAR of China)'.
(c) Includes 'England' 'Scotland' 'Wales' 'Northern Ireland' 'Channel Islands' 'Isle of Man' and 'United Kingdom nfd'.
(d) Includes 'Inadequately described' 'At sea' and 'Not elsewhere classified'.
(e) Excludes country of birth not stated.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing Basic Community Profile (BCP) - Usual Residence - Second Release, 2006; 
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