10.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wannon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wannon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few changes have occurred in the ancestral makeup of Wannon over the last decade, where traditional British and Irish roots remain the dominant story. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up nearly 75% of the local population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 42.7%, followed by Australian at 32.3%. Irish, Scottish and German backgrounds also make up a significant part of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.5% of people in Wannon were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. The vast majority of the population, 86.3%, was born in Australia.
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 Wannon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22684/wannon/topic/ancestry-heritage