9.5% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woodburn · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woodburn
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost 90% of people in Woodburn were born in Australia, making it far less diverse than the state or national average. The area is predominantly of English and Australian descent, with over half the population claiming English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 52.7%, followed by Australian at 28.4%, Scottish at 25.7%, and Irish at 20.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (89.2%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 4.1%.
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 Woodburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14398/woodburn/topic/ancestry-heritage