11.7% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wallacedale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wallacedale
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 Wallacedale, where nearly half of all residents claim English roots. Most people here were born in Australia, and the area has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state and the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population identifies as English, with 41.5% claiming Australian and 13.8% each identifying as Irish or Scottish.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 81.9% were born in Australia, New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 7.4%.
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 Wallacedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22657/wallacedale/topic/ancestry-heritage