3.3% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wattamondara · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wattamondara
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 3.3% of people in Wattamondara were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. Most residents share an English or Australian heritage, creating a community with very few overseas-born inhabitants.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the people here claim English ancestry (47.2%), followed closely by Australian ancestry at 43.9%. Other common roots include Irish and Scottish heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 86.4% of the population born in Australia, this area has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than most other areas. This is far 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 Wattamondara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14208/wattamondara/topic/ancestry-heritage