10.9% ▼ -45.5%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Walloon · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Walloon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 10.9% of people in Walloon were born overseas, a figure far below the state and national averages. This highlights a community where the vast majority of residents are born in Australia, with an ancestry rooted strongly in British and Irish origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are most common here, making up 44.7% and 43.2% of the population. Irish, Scottish and German roots are also frequent, accounting for 11.1%, 10.5% and 10% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen 9.1 percentage points since 2011 to just 10.9%. This is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%, with 84% of people born in Australia.
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 Walloon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315097/walloon/topic/ancestry-heritage