9.9% ▲ +85.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wooragee · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wooragee
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Steady trends in heritage define Wooragee, where more than half the population claims English ancestry. The area remains very traditional in its roots, with a strong majority born in Australia and very few residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 52.6%, followed by Australian at 35.4% and Scottish at 17.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victoria figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (85.4%), with England the most common overseas birthplace at 2.3%.
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 Wooragee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22853/wooragee/topic/ancestry-heritage