14.5% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wamboin · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wamboin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common in Wamboin, with 87.4% of people claiming one or the other. This rural area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, though it has a higher share of overseas-born residents than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (45.8%) and Australian (41.6%) ancestries lead the community, followed by Irish at 14.6% and Scottish at 12.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 14.5% of people were born overseas—which is higher than in most similar areas—this is far below the NSW figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (83%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 5.3%.
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 Wamboin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14141/wamboin/topic/ancestry-heritage