5.5% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Weddin · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Weddin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common in Weddin, with both groups making up over 45% of the population. This makes the area far less diverse in its origins than the state or the nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (45.8%) and Australian (45.2%) ancestries dominate here, followed by Irish at 12.5% and Scottish at 10.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.5% of people in Weddin were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national 27.7%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, and the vast majority of residents were born in Australia (85.8%).
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 Weddin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18100/weddin/topic/ancestry-heritage