8.6% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wallanbah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wallanbah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Cultural roots in Wallanbah have remained steady over the last decade, with a population that is overwhelmingly of European descent. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, while the proportion of people born overseas remains far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the people here claim English ancestry, followed by 40% who identify as Australian. Scottish and Irish roots are also common, accounting for 17.1% and 12.9% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (80%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 4.3%.
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 Wallanbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14124/wallanbah/topic/ancestry-heritage