22.3% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wanniassa · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wanniassa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Much higher proportions of overseas-born residents live in Wanniassa than in most similar areas. While 22.3% of the population was born abroad, this figure is still well below both the ACT and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian at 36.4% and English at 35%, followed by Irish at 13.4% and Scottish at 11.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 74.8% of people here were born in Australia. Among those born overseas, the most common birthplaces are India at 3.2% and England at 3.1%.
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 Wanniassa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80129/wanniassa/topic/ancestry-heritage