5.7% ▼ -55.4%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wyreema · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wyreema
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shrinking overseas-born population marks a shift in Wyreema, where only 5.7% of people were born abroad. This is far below the national figure, reflecting a community with very deep roots in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the people here identify as Australian by ancestry, followed by English at 41.6% and German at 12.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland and national figures. This is a drop of 7.1 percentage points since 2011, and most people here were born in Australia (91.4%).
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 Wyreema [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315106/wyreema/topic/ancestry-heritage