12.1% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wallagoot · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wallagoot
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Daily life in Wallagoot is shaped by deep historical roots, with 45.1% of residents claiming Australian ancestry. Most people here were born in Australia, creating a community with very strong ties to the local land and a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents than is typical across the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is very common at 38.4%, followed by Irish at 13.1% and Scottish at 10.6%. A smaller group of residents identify as German, making up 6.0% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 80.9% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England at 6.4% and New Zealand at 1.0%.
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 Wallagoot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14121/wallagoot/topic/ancestry-heritage