12.7% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wyee Point · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wyee Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 12.7% of people in Wyee Point were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than the rest of New South Wales. Most residents identify with English and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 44.7% and 42.6% of the population respectively. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also seen in about 9% of residents each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 83.4% of people born in Australia, the share of overseas-born residents is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. For those born outside Australia, England is the most common birthplace at 4.9%.
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 Wyee Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14457/wyee-point/topic/ancestry-heritage