9.9% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Weipa · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Weipa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Weipa compared to the rest of the country. Only 9.9% of the population grew up in another country, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the community much less internationally diverse than most other Australian areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 35.7% and 30.3% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish and German ancestries also feature prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.9% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that is far below the Queensland average of 22.7% and has fallen slightly since 2011. Most people were born in Australia (77.8%), followed by New Zealand, England and the Philippines.
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 Weipa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37300/weipa/topic/ancestry-heritage