17.5% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woolooware · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woolooware
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Woolooware compared to the rest of the country, with only 17.5% of residents born abroad. This gap is striking, as the figure sits far below both the state and national averages. Most people here identify with traditional British and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 42.5%, followed by Australian at 36.0% and Irish at 13.5%. Scottish and Italian roots are also present, making up 9.7% and 5.5% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 17.5% of residents were born overseas—which is higher than most similar areas—this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. The vast majority of the population was born in Australia, 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 Woolooware [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14428/woolooware/topic/ancestry-heritage