0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wellesley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wellesley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Zero people were born overseas in Wellesley, making it one of the most domestically born areas in the country. The community is overwhelmingly of British and Australian descent, with over half of residents claiming English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 55.3%, followed by Australian at 34.0% and Scottish at 24.5%. Other common roots include Irish at 17.0% and German at 4.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 91.5% of people born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland figure of 22.7%.
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 Wellesley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33025/wellesley/topic/ancestry-heritage