0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wandella · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost no one was born outside Australia in Wandella, leaving it far below the national and state figures. This creates a community with very few overseas arrivals, where nearly 80% of the population was born on home soil.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry in the area is predominantly Australian at 43.3% and English at 37.3%. Irish and Scottish heritage are also common, making up 10.4% and 6.0% of the population respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Zero percent of people were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen in Victoria and 27.7% across Australia. This lack of recent migration is reflected in the birth data, where 79.1% of residents were born in Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Wandella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22670/wandella/topic/ancestry-heritage