16.2% ▲ +39.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wickham · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wickham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people have moved to Wickham from overseas since 2011, though the area remains dominated by those with English and Australian roots. While 16.2% of residents were born abroad, this is still far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 44.1%, followed by Australian at 32.1% and Irish at 15.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.2% of people in Wickham were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (79.8%), with England (2.9%) and New Zealand (2.1%) being the most common other birthplaces.
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 Wickham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14302/wickham/topic/ancestry-heritage