13.0% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wyong · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wyong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few overseas-born residents shape daily life in Wyong, where just 13% of the population was born in another country. This is far below the national figure, reflecting a community with deep roots in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 42.2% and 41.9%, followed by Irish at 11.2% and Scottish at 10.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13% of people here were born overseas, which is far below both the state and national figures. This proportion rose slightly by 1.0 percentage points since 2011, with 81.6% of the population born in Australia.
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 Wyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10202/wyong/topic/ancestry-heritage