10.9% ▲ +33.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wollongbar · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wollongbar
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady pattern of heritage persists in Wollongbar, where the vast majority of residents claim roots in the British Isles. The area remains very strongly Australian and European in character, with English and Australian ancestries dominating the local profile.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 45.9% and 41.7% of residents respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, with 13.2% and 13.0% of the population claiming these heritages.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.9% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales and national averages. Most residents were born in Australia (86.0%), followed by smaller groups from England and New Zealand.
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 Wollongbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14375/wollongbar/topic/ancestry-heritage