16.6% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wongawilli · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wongawilli
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly 80% of people in Wongawilli were born in Australia. This makes the area much more Australian-born than the state or national averages, though it still has a higher share of overseas-born residents than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 39.9% and English at 33.3%. Other notable groups include Scottish, Irish, and Italian backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 16.6% of people were born overseas—which is higher than in most similar areas—this figure is far below the New South Wales (29.3%) and Australian (27.7%) rates. India is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.2%.
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 Wongawilli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14392/wongawilli/topic/ancestry-heritage