3.7% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wheatlands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wheatlands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wheatlands compared to the rest of the country, with only 3.7% of the population born abroad. This small figure is far below the national average of 27.7% and shows the area is overwhelmingly Australian-born.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim English ancestry at 54.9%, followed by Australian at 18.3% and Irish at 14.6%. German and Scottish roots are also common, making up 13.4% and 12.2% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is much lower than most areas, sitting at 3.7% which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%. About 78% of the population was born in Australia, while New Zealand is the next most common birthplace at 3.7%.
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 Wheatlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33056/wheatlands/topic/ancestry-heritage