19.6% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woree · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woree
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly one in five people in Woree were born overseas, though this is well below the national figure. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up over half the population. The area has seen a small increase in its overseas-born population since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, at 28% and 26.3% respectively. Irish, Scottish, and Italian ancestries follow as the next most frequent roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 19.6% of the population, a figure that rose 1.7 percentage points since 2011. This is well below the 22.7% seen across Queensland and the 27.7% national average, with the Philippines and New Zealand being the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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 Woree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306021157/woree/topic/ancestry-heritage