4.8% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woleebee · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few new overseas arrivals have moved to Woleebee since 2011, leaving the area much more culturally homogenous than the rest of the country. The typical resident here identifies with traditional British Isles roots, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 30.6%, followed by Australian at 25.8% and Irish at 14.5%. Scottish ancestry also features at 8.1%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most other similar areas, with 58.1% of residents born in Australia.
4.8% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Woleebee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33109/woleebee/topic/ancestry-heritage