7.7% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wollar · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wollar
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wollar than in the rest of the country, with only 7.7% of the population coming from another land. This is a stark contrast to the national figure, reflecting a community with very deep local roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are English at 30.8%, Irish at 19.2%, and Scottish at 13.5%. Australian ancestry is also prominent, accounting for 11.5% of the group.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. Nearly half of the population, 46.2%, was born in Australia.
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 Wollar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14369/wollar/topic/ancestry-heritage