6.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Weetaliba · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Weetaliba
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Weetaliba than in the rest of the state. Only 6% of the population was born outside Australia, which is a massive gap compared to the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much less diverse in its origins than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 37.3% and 29.9% of the population. Scottish and German backgrounds are also present, accounting for 9% and 4.5% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. The vast majority of the population, 80.6%, was born in Australia.
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 Weetaliba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14231/weetaliba/topic/ancestry-heritage