24.4% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Willow Vale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Willow Vale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly a quarter of people in Willow Vale were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. This mix of backgrounds is led by a strong British and Australian heritage, with English and Australian being the most common ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 42.9%, followed by Australian at 37.5%. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also prominent, accounting for 10% and 9.7% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 24.4% of residents born overseas is a little above the Queensland figure of 22.7%, though well below the national average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (71.9%), with New Zealand and England as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Willow Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33078/willow-vale/topic/ancestry-heritage