5.6% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wongabel · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wongabel
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wongabel than in most similar areas. The community is predominantly Australian-born, with an overseas birth rate of just 5.6% which is far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 45.0% and 39.4% of residents respectively. Other common backgrounds include Italian, Irish, and Scottish.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below both Queensland (22.7%) and Australia (27.7%). Most people in the area were born in Australia, accounting for 86.5% 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 Wongabel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33123/wongabel/topic/ancestry-heritage