10.1% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Windellama · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots dominate the family trees of Windellama, where 75.1% of people were born here. This heritage creates a community with very few overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 38.8% and English at 36.9%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, making up 10.8% and 9.8% of the population respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.1% 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%. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 3.8%.
10.1% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Windellama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14336/windellama/topic/ancestry-heritage