23.0% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wheeler Heights · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wheeler Heights
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for residents of Wheeler Heights, making up 45.2% of the population. The area has a strong British and Irish heritage, though it is notably less diverse in its birthplaces than other similar suburbs.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the dominant ancestries at 45.2% and 37.0%, followed by Irish (12.4%) and Scottish (10.5%). Italian ancestry also features at 5.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 23.0% of people were born overseas—which is much higher than most similar areas—this figure is well below the state and national averages. Most residents were born in Australia (75.2%), with England as the next most common birthplace at 7.7%.
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 Wheeler Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14285/wheeler-heights/topic/ancestry-heritage