3.7% ▼ -41.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Willowvale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Willowvale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Traditional roots run deep in Willowvale, where a vast majority of residents trace their heritage back to the British Isles. This is a community with very few overseas-born residents, reflecting a strong continuity of ancestral ties over generations.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 51.9%, followed by Australian (31.5%), Irish (19.4%) and Scottish (15.7%) roots. German ancestry is also present for 2.8% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the 22.7% seen across Queensland and the 27.7% national figure. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 86.1% of residents 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 Willowvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33081/willowvale/topic/ancestry-heritage