12.1% ▲ +20.8%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Albury - Wodonga · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Albury - Wodonga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An increasing number of overseas-born residents have moved to Albury - Wodonga, with the proportion rising by 2.1 percentage points since 2011. This growth brings the share of people born abroad to 12.1%, though the area remains much more Australian-born than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian or English ancestry, at 39.9% and 39.7% respectively. Other common backgrounds include Irish (12.5%), Scottish (10.6%), and German (7.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Far fewer people were born overseas here than in Victoria (30.0%) or across Australia (27.7%), with only 12.1% born abroad. The vast majority are born in Australia (82.5%), followed by England (1.9%) and India (1.5%).
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 Albury - Wodonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1001/albury-wodonga/topic/ancestry-heritage