8.0% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wardell · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wardell
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wardell than in most similar areas. The vast majority of residents have Australian or English roots, with only 8% of the population born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are almost equally common here, making up 42.2% and 41.4% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 9.8% and 8.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (81.9%), followed by England at 3.4% and New Zealand at 1.4%.
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 Wardell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14162/wardell/topic/ancestry-heritage