9.4% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woodside · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woodside
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Woodside than in most other areas, with only 9.4% of residents born outside Australia. This creates a community with very strong traditional ties, where English and Australian ancestries are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 47.6%, followed closely by Australian at 44.4%. Irish and Scottish roots are also common, making up 9.6% and 8.6% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (83.4%), while England and New Zealand are the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Woodside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22841/woodside/topic/ancestry-heritage