16.4% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Queanbeyan West · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Queanbeyan West
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong ties to British and Irish roots shape the daily lives of people in Queanbeyan West. Most residents claim Australian, English, Irish or Scottish ancestry, while a smaller proportion of the community was born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian (38.3%) and English (34.8%) are the most common ancestries. Other significant groups include Irish at 11.4%, Scottish at 10.1%, and Italian at 4.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 16.4% of people here were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the New South Wales (29.3%) and national (27.7%) figures. Most people were born in Australia (77.3%), followed by New Zealand, the Philippines and England.
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 Queanbeyan West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13306/queanbeyan-west/topic/ancestry-heritage