11.9% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Widgee · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Widgee
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 11.9% of people in Widgee were born overseas, which is around the middle for similar areas. This reflects a population with deep roots in Australia and the British Isles, with the vast majority of residents claiming Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 43.5% and English at 40.7%. Other notable groups include Scottish (9.7%), Irish (8.9%), and German (7.1%) descendants.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Far fewer people were born overseas here than in the rest of Queensland (22.7%) or Australia (27.7%). Most residents were born in Australia (77.1%), followed by England (3.7%) and New Zealand (3.1%).
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 Widgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33068/widgee/topic/ancestry-heritage