5.5% ▲ +8.7%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Walcha · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Walcha
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly traditional roots define the people of Walcha, where nearly 44% of residents claim Australian ancestry. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few overseas arrivals compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents trace their roots to the British Isles and Europe, with English (40.1%), Scottish (12.6%), and Irish (11.9%) being the most common ancestries after Australian.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.5% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3% and has barely changed since 2011.
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 Walcha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17850/walcha/topic/ancestry-heritage