11.5% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wellstead · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wellstead
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 11.5% of people in Wellstead were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with most residents tracing their roots back to English and Australian ancestors.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 38.5% and 34.6% respectively. Other common roots include Irish (11.5%), German (9.0%), and Scottish (5.1%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below both the state and national figures. About 70.5% of people here were born in Australia.
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 Wellstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51562/wellstead/topic/ancestry-heritage