6.7% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Oombabeer · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few changes in heritage were recorded in Oombabeer over the last decade. Most people here claim a traditional British or Australian background, with the typical resident identifying as Australian, English, or Irish.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 44.4%, followed by English at 31.1% and Irish at 24.4%. Scottish heritage is also present for 8.9% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland figure of 22.7%. This is lower than most areas, with 93.3% of residents born in Australia.
6.7% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Oombabeer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32225/oombabeer/topic/ancestry-heritage