6.6% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wingham · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wingham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wingham than in the rest of the state, with only 6.6% of residents arriving from another country. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than the typical Australian town. Most residents identify with British or Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, each accounting for 45.7% of the population. Scottish (10.2%) and Irish (9.4%) roots also feature prominently here.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the national figure of 27.7%. While 86.4% of people were born in Australia, those born abroad most often come from England, New Zealand, the Philippines or 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 Wingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14350/wingham/topic/ancestry-heritage