10.2% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wildwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wildwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wildwood than in the rest of Victoria or Australia. Only 10.2% of the population was born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure. Most residents trace their roots back to Australia, England, and Ireland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian (27.9%) and English (25.8%) are the most common ancestries in the area. Other common backgrounds include Irish at 9%, and Scottish and Italian both at 5.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national average. Two-thirds of the population were born in Australia, with Italy being the most common overseas birthplace at 2.5%.
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 Wildwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22784/wildwood/topic/ancestry-heritage