14.0% ▼ -40.9%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wiluna · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wiluna
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wiluna than in the rest of the country, with only 14.0% born abroad. This reflects a strong Australian-born presence in the region, where English and Australian ancestries are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 23.0%, followed by Australian at 13.6%. Irish, Scottish and German ancestries also feature in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 14.0% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and fell 9.7 points since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia (53.8%), with the next most common birthplaces being England and New Zealand.
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 Wiluna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59250/wiluna/topic/ancestry-heritage