9.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wail · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wail
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost no change has been seen in the heritage and birthplaces of people in Wail since 2011. The area remains overwhelmingly Australian-born, with English and Australian ancestries making up the vast majority of the local population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, representing 52.3% and 45.5% of residents respectively, followed by Irish and German at 6.8% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is lower than most similar areas.
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 Wail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22646/wail/topic/ancestry-heritage