8.4% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wondai · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wondai
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people in Wondai now identify with their ancestral roots than in previous years. The town remains deeply rooted in its heritage, with 43.7% of residents claiming Australian ancestry and 38.5% claiming English roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here. Irish and German roots follow at 10.5% each, while 9.5% of people identify as Scottish.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland rate of 22.7%. Most people here were born in Australia, making up 82.5% of the population.
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 Wondai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33118/wondai/topic/ancestry-heritage