7.2% ▲ +46.7%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wellington · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wellington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The proportion of people born overseas in Wellington has risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011. While the area is now more diverse, it remains much less multicultural than most of the country, with only 7.2% of residents born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here identify with their British and Australian roots, with Australian (37%) and English (34.6%) being the most common ancestries. Irish, Scottish, and German backgrounds also make up a significant part of the local mix.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.2% of people in Wellington were born overseas, a figure far below the 29.3% seen across New South Wales. The vast majority were born in Australia (78.6%), followed by small numbers from England, New Zealand, the Philippines 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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115155/wellington/topic/ancestry-heritage