11.4% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wellington · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wellington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wellington than in the rest of the state or the country. Only 11.4% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure far below the national average of 27.7%. This makes the area much less diverse in its birthplace than most of Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 43.5% and 40.8% of the population respectively. Scottish and German heritage are also prominent, accounting for 15.2% and 12.5% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of the community was born in Australia, at 82.1%. While England is the most common overseas birthplace at 7.6%, the overall share of overseas-born residents is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1%.
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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41561/wellington/topic/ancestry-heritage