4.6% ▲ +43.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wakool · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wakool
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly traditional roots define Wakool, where overseas-born residents make up only 4.6% of the population. The area remains far less diverse than the national average, with the vast majority of people born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 46.2% and 43.9%. Irish and Scottish heritage are also common, accounting for 13% and 12.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the 27.7% national figure. Most of the population was born in Australia, making up 85.5% of the total.
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 Wakool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14108/wakool/topic/ancestry-heritage