11.1% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wellington · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wellington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 11.1% of people in Wellington were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. The area is predominantly Australian-born, with a strong heritage of English and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by Australian and English roots, each claimed by about 41% of residents. Irish and Scottish ancestry are also common, accounting for 11.5% and 11.0% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most of the population was born in Australia (81.3%), leaving the overseas-born figure far below the national average of 27.7%. This proportion has barely changed over the last decade, rising only slightly from 10.4% in 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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26810/wellington/topic/ancestry-heritage