14.8% ▲ +29.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wyangala · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wyangala
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background in Wyangala, where 41.2% of residents claim this heritage. The area is largely dominated by traditional colonial roots, though it has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar small areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English backgrounds are the most prominent, making up 41.2% and 38.4% of the population. Irish, Scottish, and German ancestries also feature, accounting for 14.4%, 9.7% and 4.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 14.8% of people were born overseas—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (73.6%), followed by England at 4.2% and New Zealand at 1.9%.
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 Wyangala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14452/wyangala/topic/ancestry-heritage