12.0% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wyndham · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wyndham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady pattern of heritage remains in Wyndham, where the vast majority of people identify with British and Irish roots. The area is predominantly Australian-born, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 42.3% and 38.0% of the population respectively, followed by Irish at 14.8% and Scottish at 12.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.0% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia, while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 3.6%.
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 Wyndham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14461/wyndham/topic/ancestry-heritage