18.1% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wyong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wyong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common in Wyong, with 39.0% and 38.6% of people claiming these roots. Most residents were born in Australia, though the area has a higher share of overseas-born people than most similar places.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian roots are very common here, while 10.4% of people claim Irish ancestry and 8.6% are Scottish. Chinese ancestry is also present at 3.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18.1% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 27.7%. The most common birthplaces outside Australia are England at 3.3% and New Zealand at 1.7%.
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 Wyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14464/wyong/topic/ancestry-heritage