8.5% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wandong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wandong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.5% of people in Wandong were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. The area is predominantly made up of people born in Australia or with roots in the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 38.1% and 34.7% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish, and Italian roots also feature prominently in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 81.2% of residents born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born people is much lower than in most other areas. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, which sit at 30.0% and 27.7%.
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 Wandong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22676/wandong/topic/ancestry-heritage