18.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wylies Flat · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wylies Flat
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong Australian heritage shapes Wylies Flat, where over half the population identifies with Australian ancestry. While the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than many similar places, it remains much more Australian-born than the state or national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian ancestry at 56%, followed by English at 36%, Irish at 16%, German at 10%, and Scottish at 8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18% of people were born overseas, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this figure is well below the national average of 27.7%, with 82% of the population born in Australia and 8% in New Zealand.
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 Wylies Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14459/wylies-flat/topic/ancestry-heritage