11.1% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wengenville · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wengenville
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
British roots dominate the family histories of Wengenville, where over half of the residents claim English, Australian, Irish, or Scottish ancestry. This deep connection to the British Isles is a defining feature of the local heritage, while very few people here were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 35.2%, followed by Australian (22.2%), Irish (11.1%), and Scottish (9.3%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national average of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia.
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 Wengenville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33029/wengenville/topic/ancestry-heritage