11.1% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woowoonga · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woowoonga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Traditional roots run deep in Woowoonga, where more than half of the residents claim Australian ancestry. Most people here were born in Australia, and the area has a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 53.8% and English at 39.3%. Other notable groups include Scottish, Irish, and German, each making up between 7.7% and 9.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.1% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and the Queensland figure of 22.7%. About 74.4% of the population was born in Australia, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.4%.
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 Woowoonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33164/woowoonga/topic/ancestry-heritage