15.8% ▲ +22.8%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wallsend · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wallsend
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wallsend than in most other similar areas. This reflects a population with deep local roots, where nearly 80% of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each making up about 39% of the population. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also prominent, at 10.7% and 10.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 15.8% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. While this is lower than most areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
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 Wallsend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10089/wallsend/topic/ancestry-heritage