11.2% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wilton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wilton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of Australian and British roots defines Wilton, where 85% of the population was born here. The area remains far more home-grown than the state or national average, with a small minority of residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 39.6% and 45.5% of the population. Other frequent roots include Scottish (9.7%), Irish (8.9%) and Italian (5.9%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.2% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. The vast majority are Australian-born at 84.5%, followed by small numbers from England, New Zealand, South Africa and China.
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 Wilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14329/wilton/topic/ancestry-heritage