4.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wallangra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wallangra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Wallangra compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.3% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other Australian regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian (37.6%), English (34.4%), or Irish (19.4%) ancestry. Scottish and German roots are also common, making up 14.0% and 5.4% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is much lower than most areas, sitting at 4.3%, which is 25 percentage points below the New South Wales average. This is reflected in the fact that 88.2% of residents were born in Australia.
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 Wallangra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14125/wallangra/topic/ancestry-heritage