21.9% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wynnum · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wynnum
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents now live in Wynnum, where the share of people born abroad rose to 21.9% in 2021. Most people here claim English or Australian ancestry, while about one in five residents were born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 43.8% and 34.2%, followed by Irish, Scottish, and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the proportion of overseas-born residents rose 1.4 points since 2011, Wynnum's figure of 21.9% is well below the national average of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (73.9%), with New Zealand and England as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Wynnum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301031020/wynnum/topic/ancestry-heritage