7.3% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Walang · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.3% of people in Walang were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much more Australian-born than most other parts of the country.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (52.3%) or English (35.8%) ancestry, with Irish roots being the next most common at 14.7%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The percentage of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%. In total, 83.5% of the population was born in Australia.
7.3% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Walang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14109/walang/topic/ancestry-heritage