22.5% ▲ +153.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woorinen · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woorinen
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than one in five people in Woorinen were born overseas, making it much more diverse than most similar areas. While the typical resident identifies as Australian or English, there is a strong Italian influence across the community.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 30.2% and 21.8%. Italian ancestry is also prominent, accounting for 17.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 22.5% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the Victoria (30.0%) and national (27.7%) figures. Most people were born in Australia (59.5%), followed by China and Italy at 1.1% each.
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 Woorinen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22858/woorinen/topic/ancestry-heritage