9.0% ▼ -46.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wellsford · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wellsford
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wellsford than in most other similar areas. While the typical resident traces their roots to Australia or England, only 9.0% of the population was born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here identify as Australian (41.0%) or English (38.2%), followed by Scottish (19.4%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (84.0%), with the next most common birthplaces being England and New Zealand.
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 Wellsford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22741/wellsford/topic/ancestry-heritage