38.9% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woolloomooloo · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woolloomooloo
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 39% of people in Woolloomooloo were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This high level of international migration shapes a diverse community where over a third of residents hail from outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 28.9%, followed by Australian at 18.5% and Irish at 12.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 38.9% of residents born overseas is well above the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. While 51.5% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, and China.
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 Woolloomooloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14424/woolloomooloo/topic/ancestry-heritage