8.3% ▲ +40.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woodford · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woodford
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.3% of people in Woodford were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This small percentage of overseas-born residents reflects a community where the vast majority of people have Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 45%, followed by Australian at 39.9% and Irish at 23.2%. Other common ancestries include Scottish at 18.3% and German at 4.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 90% of residents were born in Australia. This is much lower than the 30% born overseas in Victoria, with the few residents born abroad mostly coming from England, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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 Woodford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22836/woodford/topic/ancestry-heritage