38.2% —
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wright · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wright
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The proportion of people born overseas in Wright has jumped by 9 percentage points since 2016, reaching 38.2%. This makes the area far more diverse than the national average, with a strong presence of residents from India and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 27.4% and English at 23.4%. Indian ancestry is also prominent, representing 11.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 4 in 10 people here were born overseas, a figure well above the ACT and far above the national average. While 58.6% were born in Australia, 9.7% were born in India, followed by Nepal at 2.8%.
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 Wright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801101139/wright/topic/ancestry-heritage