11.4% ▲ +44.5%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wagga Wagga · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wagga Wagga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Wagga Wagga, claimed by 40% of residents. The area has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country, though this figure is slowly climbing.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is nearly as common as Australian at 39.4%, followed by Irish (12.9%) and Scottish (10.7%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This represents a rise of 3.5 percentage points since 2011, with India (1.5%) and England (1.2%) being the most common birthplaces outside 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 Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17750/wagga-wagga/topic/ancestry-heritage