12.2% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wollogorang · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wollogorang
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots are the most common legacies in Wollogorang, where over half the population identifies with either ancestry. This heritage shapes the local identity in an area where most people were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most prominent, accounting for 53.1% and 51.0% of residents respectively. Other common backgrounds include Scottish (10.2%), Irish (8.2%), and German (8.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.2% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the figures for New South Wales (29.3%) and Australia (27.7%). The vast majority of the population is Australian-born at 83.7%, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 6.1%.
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 Wollogorang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14372/wollogorang/topic/ancestry-heritage