8.7% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Willowbank · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Willowbank
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far smaller proportion of people were born overseas in Willowbank in 2021 compared to the national figure. Most of the community identifies with traditional British and European roots, with nearly 46% of residents claiming Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is common here at 38.4%, followed by Scottish at 12.8%, German at 9.4% and Irish at 9.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.7% of residents were born overseas, which is much lower than the 22.7% seen across Queensland and far below the Australian average of 27.7%. The vast majority, 84.6%, were born in Australia.
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 Willowbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33079/willowbank/topic/ancestry-heritage