9.3% ▲ +30.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Oakey · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Oakey
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Oakey than in most similar areas. The town is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with only 9.3% of residents coming from another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (42.1%) or English (37.8%) ancestry, followed by Irish, German, and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 84.2% of people born in Australia, the share of overseas-born residents is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Oakey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32209/oakey/topic/ancestry-heritage