4.2% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Walgett · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Walgett
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 Walgett compared to the rest of the country, with only 4.2% born abroad. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most other Australian regions, where a strong majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 24.7%, followed by English at 18.6%, Irish at 7.0%, Scottish at 6.0%, and German at 1.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (59.6%), while the smallest groups came from China, New Zealand, India, and England.
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 Walgett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14114/walgett/topic/ancestry-heritage