11.5% ▲ +49.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Walpa · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Walpa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Ancestry and birthplace patterns in Walpa have stayed largely stable over the last decade. British and Australian roots remain the dominant influence, with about 40.8% of people claiming Australian ancestry and 36.9% English.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents trace their roots to the British Isles, with Scottish (15.3%) and Irish (7.0%) ancestry following the more common Australian and English backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). While 83.4% were born in Australia, others came from New Zealand and the Philippines.
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 Walpa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22666/walpa/topic/ancestry-heritage