3.7% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wandsworth · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wandsworth
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very strong connection to traditional roots defines Wandsworth, where nearly half of the residents claim Australian ancestry. This is a community with very few overseas-born residents, reflecting a deep-seated local heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are equally common at 47.7% each, followed by Scottish (14.0%) and Irish (11.2%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the NSW rate of 29.3%. This explains why the vast majority of residents (78.5%) were born in Australia.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Wandsworth
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Wandsworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14149/wandsworth/topic/ancestry-heritage