14.4% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wooyung · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wooyung
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people are calling Wooyung home from overseas than in previous years, though the area remains primarily Australian-born. This shift is visible in a mix where English and Australian ancestries dominate, but a significant number of residents also trace their roots to Ireland and Germany.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.9%, followed by Australian at 31.7%. Irish, German, and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for 12.2%, 11.5% and 9.4% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Around 14.4% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%, with 69.8% of residents born in Australia.
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 Wooyung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14436/wooyung/topic/ancestry-heritage