13.4% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wairewa · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wairewa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for people in Wairewa, where over half the population claims this heritage. The area is predominantly Australian-born and has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English heritage is the most frequent, accounting for 50.7% of residents. Other common ancestries include Australian at 28.4%, Scottish at 17.9%, and Irish and Italian both at 13.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. Most residents were born in Australia (77.6%), followed by England at 7.5%.
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 Wairewa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22647/wairewa/topic/ancestry-heritage