24.5% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wellington Point · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wellington Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A wide variety of global backgrounds shapes daily life in Wellington Point, where nearly one in four residents was born overseas. While the area is more diverse than most similar places, its overall overseas-born population remains well below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 46.3%, followed by Australian at 34.8%. Other significant ancestral ties include Irish (13.5%), Scottish (13.1%), and German (5.7%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 24.5% of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Queensland figure. Most residents were born in Australia (73%), with the largest overseas groups coming from England, New Zealand, 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 Wellington Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33027/wellington-point/topic/ancestry-heritage