12.2% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
West Albury · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in West Albury
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in West Albury, claimed by 40.2% of people. This is a community with deep roots in Australia and the UK, where the vast majority of residents were born in this country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond English roots, 36.6% of residents identify as Australian, while Irish (13.5%) and Scottish (11.0%) ancestries are also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people (80.9%) were born in Australia, followed by small groups from England, India, New Zealand and South Africa.
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 West Albury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14256/west-albury/topic/ancestry-heritage