15.3% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 73% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wide Bay · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wide Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common in Wide Bay, where 44.5% of people claim these roots. This region is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a birthplace profile that sits far below the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian heritage are the most prominent, making up 44.5% and 37.6% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also common, each claimed by 11.7% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 15.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Australian figure of 27.7%. This is well below the Queensland average, though the proportion of overseas-born residents rose slightly by 1.1 points since 2011.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Wide Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED329/wide-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage