16.7% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woodside Beach · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woodside Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A higher share of residents were born overseas in Woodside Beach than in most similar areas. While 16.7% of the population was born abroad, the community remains predominantly Australian-born with strong ties to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 54.4%, followed by Australian at 24.6% and Irish at 15.8%. Scottish ancestry is reported by 11.4% of residents and Greek by 3.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.7% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (72.8%) or England (10.5%).
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 Woodside Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22842/woodside-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage