9.9% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
West Wodonga · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in West Wodonga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A modest rise in overseas-born residents marks the latest shift in West Wodonga, though the area remains far more Australian in its makeup than the rest of the country. About 9.9% of people here were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The community is predominantly of British and Irish descent, with Australian (42.6%), English (40.6%), and Irish (11.2%) being the most common ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.9% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below both the Victorian (30.0%) and national (27.7%) averages. The vast majority were born in Australia (84.8%), followed by small numbers from England, New Zealand, the Philippines, and India.
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 West Wodonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22758/west-wodonga/topic/ancestry-heritage