9.8% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 80% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wangaratta · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wangaratta
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wangaratta than in most other similar areas. Only 9.8% of the population was born outside Australia, which is much lower than the state and national figures. This reflects a community where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 42.6% and 39.3% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish and Italian roots also feature prominently in the local family histories.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen 4.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 9.8%. This is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0%, with 84.3% of people in Wangaratta born in Australia.
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 Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2019/wangaratta/topic/ancestry-heritage