13.2% ▲ +220.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wandoan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wandoan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Wandoan has a population where 13.2% of people were born overseas. This reflects a community with strong ties to British and Irish roots, while having a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 38.9% and 32.0% of the population. Other common roots include Irish at 8.6% and Scottish at 6.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.2% of people were born overseas, which is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and far below the Australian average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (67.3%), followed by England, New Zealand, the Philippines and South Africa.
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 Wandoan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32980/wandoan/topic/ancestry-heritage