18.5% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woombye · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woombye
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of people in Woombye claim English ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. While many residents have roots in the UK and Ireland, the community is less diverse in its birthplaces than most other Australian towns.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is most common at 46.7%, followed by Australian at 39.0%. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also frequent, making up 12.9% and 12.1% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 18.5% of people were born overseas, a figure that is well below the national average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (78.0%), with England and New Zealand as 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 Woombye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33151/woombye/topic/ancestry-heritage