19.6% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woree · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woree
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in five people in Woree were born overseas, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is well below the national and state averages, it reflects a diverse community where English, Australian, and Irish are the most common ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common, accounting for 28% and 26.3% of residents respectively, followed by Irish at 7.8% and Scottish at 7.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.6% of people were born outside Australia, which is well below the 22.7% seen in Queensland and the 27.7% national figure. The most common overseas birthplaces are the Philippines, New Zealand, England, and India.
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 Woree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33165/woree/topic/ancestry-heritage