9.6% ▲ +39.0%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Warrnambool · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Warrnambool
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Warrnambool, where 41.2% of people claim this background. The area has a very strong connection to its British and Irish roots, while the proportion of people born overseas remains quite low.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify with English (41.2%) or Australian (39.2%) ancestry. Irish (18.8%) and Scottish (12.6%) heritages are also common, while German ancestry accounts for 4.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). This figure has risen 2.7 percentage points since 2011, with 84.8% of the population born in 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 Warrnambool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26730/warrnambool/topic/ancestry-heritage