7.4% ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wambo · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wambo
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.4% of people in Wambo were born overseas, a figure far below the Queensland and national averages. This highlights a population with deep local roots, where the vast majority of residents are Australian-born.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 43.0% and English at 39.1%. Other significant groups include Irish (11.0%), German (9.9%) and Scottish (9.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Very few residents were born outside Australia, though this rose 1.3 percentage points since 2011 to reach 7.4%. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%, with most people born here (84.9%) or in the Philippines (2.0%).
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 Wambo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307021183/wambo/topic/ancestry-heritage