5.0% ▲ +38.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wongarbon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wongarbon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very little has changed in the ancestral makeup of Wongarbon since 2011, remaining a community with deep ties to its British roots. Most residents here claim Australian or English ancestry, and the area has a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 44.3% and 39.6% of the population. Scottish, Irish, and German roots also feature in the community's heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.0% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia, with small numbers arriving 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 Wongarbon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14391/wongarbon/topic/ancestry-heritage