7.5% ▲ +30.2%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wellington · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wellington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.5% of people in Wellington were born overseas, a figure far below the state and national averages. This makes the area one of the least internationally diverse in its class, with a population largely rooted in Australian and British heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 36.8% and English at 33.6%, followed by Irish at 9.2% and Scottish at 7.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Very few residents were born outside Australia, though this rose slightly by 1.7 percentage points since 2011. The 7.5% overseas-born rate is far below the 29.3% seen across New South Wales.
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/sa2/105031106/wellington/topic/ancestry-heritage