5.5% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wangoom · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wangoom
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few residents were born outside Australia, making Wangoom a community with a strong local heritage. Only 5.5% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries in the area are Australian at 43.9%, Irish at 32.1%, and English at 26.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 84% of people born in Australia, this area has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than most other areas. This 5.5% figure is far below both the Victorian and national averages.
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 Wangoom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22683/wangoom/topic/ancestry-heritage