5.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wallace · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wallace
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.7% of people in Wallace were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This small proportion of overseas-born residents makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (42.7%), English (34.4%), or Irish (14.5%) ancestry. Scottish and German roots are also common, making up 12.8% and 7.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 80% of the population was born in Australia, while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 5.3%. These figures are far below those for Victoria and Australia, where around 30% and 28% of people were born overseas.
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 Wallace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22656/wallace/topic/ancestry-heritage