23.0% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Urraween · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Urraween
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A mix of local and international backgrounds defines daily life in Urraween. Nearly a quarter of the people here were born overseas, with English and Australian being the most common ancestries. This creates a community with strong ties to both the local region and the United Kingdom.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.5%, followed by Australian at 34.8%. Other frequent ancestral roots include Scottish (10.4%), Irish (9.4%) and German (7.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 23% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland figure. While 72.5% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England (7.2%) and New Zealand (3%).
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 Urraween [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32923/urraween/topic/ancestry-heritage