Where the Pakistani community lives in Brisbane

Kuraby has the largest Pakistani community: 4.7% of residents were born in Pakistan and 7.7% speak Urdu at home. Underwood and Woodridge follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 21 eligible Brisbane suburbs. In Brisbane suburbs of 2,000+ residents, 0.2% of people were born in Pakistan (2021 Census).

Suburbs are ordered by the share of residents who were born in Pakistan. The census publishes no Pakistani ancestry category, so country of birth is the only signal that names the community directly. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are included, and percentile ranks are computed within Brisbane's pool, so the list reflects concentration relative to other metro suburbs.

They are different census angles on the Pakistani community: country of birth counts only those who migrated and language at home counts the actively speaking core. They rarely match, and seeing them together tells you whether a suburb's community is long-established, newly-arrived, or somewhere in between.

They measure different things and come from different census questions. Ancestry is a multiple-response question (a person can report up to two), so it isn't a clean share of population; birthplace counts only people born overseas; and language counts only those who still speak it at home. This is descriptive demographic data, not a recommendation to seek out or avoid anywhere.

Urdu is also spoken by Indian Muslims, so the language share runs ahead of the birthplace count.

The figures are from the 2021 Census, the most recent available until results from the August 2026 Census are released in 2027. The top 15 is recomputed whenever we refresh the census data.