13.0% ▲ +339.5%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wallacia · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wallacia
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wallacia compared to the state average, though this has changed quickly. While only 13% of residents were born abroad, the area's roots are predominantly British and Irish.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 38.9% and English at 37.7%, followed by Irish (9.1%), Scottish (8.9%), and Italian (7.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. However, this has risen by 10 percentage points since 2011, with 81.8% of the population 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 Wallacia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115150/wallacia/topic/ancestry-heritage