10.1% ▲ +41.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Warrnambool · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Warrnambool
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Most similar areas have a similar mix of backgrounds, and Warrnambool is an area where ancestral roots are overwhelmingly British and Irish. Very few residents were born outside Australia, with only 10.1% of the population arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, with 41.0% and 38.6% respectively. Other common backgrounds include Irish (18.9%), Scottish (12.6%) and German (4.1%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). The vast majority of the population was born in Australia (84.2%), followed by England (1.7%) and New Zealand (1.1%).
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 Warrnambool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22710/warrnambool/topic/ancestry-heritage