17.8% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Upper Wheatvale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Upper Wheatvale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Upper Wheatvale, where 44.4% of people claim this background. The area has a small population with a strong tie to its roots, though a notable minority were born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian, English, and Irish ancestries are the most frequent, making up 44.4%, 17.8% and 11.1% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 17.8% of residents were born overseas—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the Queensland rate 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 Upper Wheatvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32920/upper-wheatvale/topic/ancestry-heritage