4.1% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woodleigh · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woodleigh
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Woodleigh compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.1% of the population grew up outside Australia, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian (42.5%) or English (35.6%) ancestry. German heritage is also common, making up 13.7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The typical resident was born in Australia, accounting for 74% of the area. This overseas-born population is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1%, with New Zealand as the most common overseas birthplace at 6.8%.
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 Woodleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41640/woodleigh/topic/ancestry-heritage