43.3% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wagaman · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wagaman
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 43.3% of people in Wagaman were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This diversity is reflected in a mix of ancestries, where Australian and English roots are the most common, followed by Greek, Chinese and Filipino heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian at 19.3% and English at 18.1%, with Greek (10.6%), Chinese (9.0%) and Filipino (8.9%) also representing significant groups.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Wagaman has one of the highest proportions of overseas-born residents in the region, sitting far above the Northern Territory figure of 21.8%. While 50.1% were born in Australia, other common birthplaces include the Philippines, Nepal, India and China.
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 Wagaman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70277/wagaman/topic/ancestry-heritage