12.3% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lake Wendouree · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lake Wendouree
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Lake Wendouree, where 42.6% of people claim this background. The area is very strongly Australian-born, with a small minority of residents having moved here from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the residents identify as English, followed by 33.9% who claim Australian and 19.8% who claim Irish ancestry. Scottish and German backgrounds are also present, accounting for 14.9% and 3.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). Most people were born in Australia (82.1%), while the most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, and India.
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 Lake Wendouree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21447/lake-wendouree/topic/ancestry-heritage