35.8% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Westlake · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Westlake
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher proportion of people were born overseas in Westlake than in the rest of Queensland. This reflects a diverse community where over a third of the population arrived from other countries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are English at 35.3% and Australian at 26.5%. Other significant groups include Irish, Scottish, and Chinese ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Around 35.8% of residents were born overseas, which is far above the Queensland figure of 22.7% and well above the national average. While 62.9% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, China, and Vietnam.
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 Westlake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33049/westlake/topic/ancestry-heritage