26.0% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wollongong · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wollongong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Wollongong by 2021, with the figure falling 1.5 percentage points since 2011. This reflects a shift in the local makeup, though the area still has a diverse mix of roots with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 30.6% and 29.9%, followed by Irish (8.9%), Scottish (8.2%) and Italian (6.5%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 26.0% of people were born overseas, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7% and well below the New South Wales average of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (68.8%), while the next most common birthplaces are England, Italy, 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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10092/wollongong/topic/ancestry-heritage