18.0% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wingecarribee · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wingecarribee
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common in Wingecarribee, where 44.4% of people claim this heritage. The area has a strong British and Irish influence, with most residents born in Australia or tracing their roots back to the UK.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian, Irish and Scottish ancestries are the most frequent, with the first four groups making up the vast majority of the local population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18% of people here were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011, and England is the most common overseas birthplace at 5.6%.
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 Wingecarribee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18350/wingecarribee/topic/ancestry-heritage