14.7% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woonona · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woonona
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer than 15% of people in Woonona were born overseas, which is far below the state and national figures. While the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar areas, it remains a place where the vast majority of people were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each claimed by about 42% of residents. Scottish and Irish backgrounds also feature strongly at 12.5% and 12.3% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 14.7% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales (29.3%) and Australian (27.7%) averages. Most people were born in Australia (82%), followed by England at 4.3%.
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 Woonona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14434/woonona/topic/ancestry-heritage