3.9% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wolseley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wolseley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people were born overseas in Wolseley, a trend that has remained steady over the last decade. This is a community with deep roots, where 85.5% of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 41.1% and 44% of the population respectively. German heritage is also prominent at 11.6%, followed by Irish and Scottish roots at 8.7% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. Outside of those born in Australia, New Zealand is the most common birthplace at 2.9%.
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 Wolseley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41630/wolseley/topic/ancestry-heritage