9.8% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wangaratta · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wangaratta
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly 10% of people in Wangaratta were born overseas, putting the area around the middle for similar places. The community is predominantly of English and Australian descent, reflecting a strong British heritage. This is consistent with a population where 84.2% of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (42.7%) and Australian (39.3%) are the most common ancestries. Irish, Scottish, and Italian heritage also feature prominently, making up 14.2%, 11.4% and 6.9% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.8% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are England, Italy, the Philippines and India.
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 Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22680/wangaratta/topic/ancestry-heritage