23.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wanganui · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wanganui
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wanganui than in the rest of Australia or New South Wales. While 23.5% of residents were born abroad, this is well below the national and state figures. Most people here trace their roots back to England, Australia, and Germany.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 41.2%, followed by Australian at 33.3% and German at 15.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 23.5% of the population was born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the New South Wales figure 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 Wanganui [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14152/wanganui/topic/ancestry-heritage