21.0% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wights Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wights Mountain
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Wights Mountain, where nearly half of residents claim this background. The area has a strong British and European influence, with many people tracing their roots back to the United Kingdom.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry leads the breakdown at 47.8%, followed by Australian at 35.1% and Scottish at 16.8%. Other common roots include Irish at 12.3% and German at 7.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21% of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This figure is a little below the Queensland rate of 22.7% and well below the Australian average of 27.7%.
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 Wights Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33073/wights-mountain/topic/ancestry-heritage