6.8% ▲ +33.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
West Wallsend · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in West Wallsend
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in West Wallsend claim Australian ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. The community is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few residents having moved here from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most prominent, accounting for 47.3% and 46.1% of residents respectively. Other common backgrounds include Scottish at 11.7%, Irish at 8.7%, and German at 3.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.8% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (89.2%), followed by England at 1.7% and New Zealand at 1.3%.
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 West Wallsend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14270/west-wallsend/topic/ancestry-heritage