9.8% ▲ +21.4%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wangaratta · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wangaratta
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer than 1 in 10 people were born overseas in Wangaratta, making it much less diverse in birthplace than most other areas. While the population is predominantly Australian-born, the local ancestry remains rooted in British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 42.6% and 39.3%, followed by Irish at 14.2% and Scottish at 11.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.8% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victoria figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion rose slightly by 1.7 percentage points since 2011, with most people born in Australia (84.3%) or England (1.7%).
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 Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204021066/wangaratta/topic/ancestry-heritage