9.4% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Werri Beach · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Werri Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots dominate the family trees in Werri Beach, where 75.9% of people claim one of these two ancestries. While the area remains very traditional in its heritage, about 9.4% of the population was born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.7%, followed by Australian (30.2%) and Irish (21.6%). Scottish roots are also prominent, claimed by 14.9% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.4% of people in Werri Beach were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (82%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 2.7%.
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 Werri Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14250/werri-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage