6.9% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wallalong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wallalong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few things have changed regarding where people come from in Wallalong over the last decade. The area remains overwhelmingly Australian-born, with only 6.9% of residents born overseas, a figure far below the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population claims English (45.9%) or Australian (45.1%) ancestry. Other common backgrounds include Scottish (12.2%), Irish (9.3%), and German (5.7%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 92% of people born in Australia, Wallalong has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than most areas. This 6.9% figure is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%.
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 Wallalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14122/wallalong/topic/ancestry-heritage