34.5% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Toowong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Toowong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher share of people were born overseas in Toowong than in the rest of the state. This international mix is clear in the local ancestry, where English, Australian, Irish, Scottish and Chinese roots are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 33.8%, followed by Australian (27.3%), Irish (14.5%), Scottish (11.7%) and Chinese (11.5%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Over a third of residents (34.5%) were born overseas, which is far above the Queensland figure of 22.7% and well above the national figure of 27.7%. While 62.1% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China (6.1%), England (3.5%), New Zealand (2.5%) and India (1.9%).
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 Toowong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32854/toowong/topic/ancestry-heritage