3.3% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wooreen · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wooreen
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of traditional heritage defines Wooreen, where a tiny 3.3% of the population was born overseas. This makes the area much more homogeneous than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim English (47.3%) or Australian (42.9%) ancestry, followed by Scottish and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Instead, 83.5% of residents were born in Australia.
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 Wooreen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22856/wooreen/topic/ancestry-heritage