3.9% ▼ -63.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wards River · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wards River
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 3.9% of people in Wards River were born overseas, a figure far below the state and national averages. This makes the area much less diverse in its birthplace than most other parts of Australia. Most residents trace their roots back to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Half of the residents claim Australian ancestry, while those with English, Scottish, Irish or German roots make up the rest of the most common groups.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The typical person here was born in Australia, with 78.1% of the population born locally. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%.
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 Wards River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14165/wards-river/topic/ancestry-heritage