9.8% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wilberforce · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wilberforce
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wilberforce than in the rest of the state, with only 9.8% of residents arriving from abroad. This reflects a population with very deep local roots, where the vast majority of people were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, making up 42.4% and 43.8% of the population respectively. Other notable ancestral roots include Irish at 10.7% and Scottish at 8.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 87.4% of people born in Australia, the birthplace figure is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%. Of those born overseas, the most common origins are England at 3.0% and New Zealand at 1.1%.
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 Wilberforce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14305/wilberforce/topic/ancestry-heritage