12.5% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wulkuraka · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wulkuraka
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots dominate the local identity in Wulkuraka, where a huge 76.6% of residents claim one of these two ancestries. This heritage shapes the local character, with the area remaining far more traditionally rooted than the state or national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are most common here, followed by Scottish (10.9%), Irish (10.6%), and German (7.4%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the 22.7% seen across Queensland and the 27.7% national figure. Most residents were born in Australia (81.1%), with New Zealand (3.7%) as the next most common birthplace.
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 Wulkuraka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33173/wulkuraka/topic/ancestry-heritage