37.6% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woodvale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woodvale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 4 in 10 people in Woodvale were born overseas, making it much more culturally diverse than most other similar areas. While British and Irish roots are common, a strong overseas-born population brings a broad range of global backgrounds to the suburb.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 47.3%, followed by Australian at 30.1% and Irish at 12.4%. Scottish and Italian roots are also present in about 11.7% and 4.7% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A high 37.6% of residents were born overseas, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (60.5%), but England is the most common overseas birthplace at 15.8%.
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 Woodvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51641/woodvale/topic/ancestry-heritage