4.2% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Walcha Road · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Walcha Road
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Walcha Road compared to the rest of the state. Only 4.2% of residents were born outside Australia, which is a massive gap when compared to the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This highlights a community with very few recent arrivals from abroad.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian ancestry at 43.1%, followed by English ancestry at 33.3%. Other common roots include Irish at 13.9% and German at 5.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 4.2%, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and much lower than most other areas. About 70.8% of the population was 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 Walcha Road [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14112/walcha-road/topic/ancestry-heritage