10.0% ▲ +48.3%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Withcott · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Withcott
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Withcott compared to the rest of the country, with only 10% of residents arriving from abroad. This is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%, marking the area as one of the more locally-born communities in the region.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population identifies as Australian (45.3%), followed closely by English (43.4%) and Irish (12.8%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 88.2% of people were born in Australia, the share of overseas-born residents rose 3.3 percentage points since 2011 to reach 10%. This remains far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%.
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 Withcott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315101/withcott/topic/ancestry-heritage