18.6% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wallaga Lake · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wallaga Lake
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Wallaga Lake, where 41.6% of people claim this descent. The community is predominantly Australian-born, though it has a notably higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 41.6% and 38.2% of the population. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also common, accounting for 17.4% and 13.8% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 18.6% of people were born overseas—a figure much higher than in most similar areas—this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (73.3%), followed by England at 6.6%.
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 Wallaga Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14120/wallaga-lake/topic/ancestry-heritage