13.8% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wonga Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wonga Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wonga Park compared to the rest of the state. While 13.8% of residents arrived from another country, this is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0%. Most people here identify with English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 44.6% and 38.6% of the population. Scottish and Irish backgrounds both account for 11.5% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of people here were born in Australia, at 84.0%. For those born abroad, England is the most frequent birthplace at 4.6%, followed by China at 0.9%.
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 Wonga Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22825/wonga-park/topic/ancestry-heritage