0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
West Prairie · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in West Prairie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost no one born overseas lives in West Prairie, making it much less diverse than most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong heritage of English and Scottish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 38.5% and Scottish at 24.4%. German and Irish roots are also common, at 15.4% and 10.3% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Zero percent of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland rate of 22.7%. This is much lower than most areas, with 82.1% of residents 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 West Prairie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33040/west-prairie/topic/ancestry-heritage