9.7% ▼ -58.4%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Oakey · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Oakey
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle for its level, Oakey has a population where nearly 90% of residents claim Australian or English ancestry. The area is far less diverse than the national average, with a very high proportion of people born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people identify as Australian (42.2%) or English (37.6%). Other common ancestries include German at 10.2%, Irish at 10.1%, and Scottish at 8.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 23.3% of the population was born abroad.
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 Oakey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315076/oakey/topic/ancestry-heritage