21.8% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wynnum · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wynnum
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 6 percentage points fewer people were born overseas in Wynnum compared to the national figure. While 21.8% of residents were born outside Australia, the area remains predominantly local in its roots, with English and Australian being the most common ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 43.7%, followed by Australian at 34.0%. Other significant groups include Irish at 14.8%, Scottish at 13.0% and German at 6.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21.8% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland figure. Most residents were born in Australia (74.0%), with New Zealand and England each accounting for 5.5% 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 Wynnum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33188/wynnum/topic/ancestry-heritage