10.4% ▲ +72.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Warrong · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Recent years have seen a shift in the roots of Warrong, with Filipino ancestry now making up 9.1% of the population. While the area remains predominantly Australian and English in origin, this recent growth adds a new layer to the local mix. Most people here were born in Australia.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 39.0% and 29.9% of residents. Filipino ancestry is also prominent at 9.1%, followed by Irish and Scottish at 6.5% each.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.4% of people in Warrong were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. The vast majority of the population, 79.2%, were born in Australia.
10.4% ▲ +72.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Warrong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22712/warrong/topic/ancestry-heritage