8.9% ▲ +26.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wooli · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wooli
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The makeup of Wooli has remained very stable over the last decade. Most people here claim English or Australian ancestry, and the area has far fewer overseas-born residents than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 48.3%, followed by Australian at 38.2%. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also significant, making up 14.9% and 14.1% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.9% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. The vast majority were born in Australia (84.9%), with England and New Zealand as the most common other birthplaces.
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 Wooli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14421/wooli/topic/ancestry-heritage