6.7% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
West Wyalong · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in West Wyalong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in West Wyalong compared to the rest of the state. Only 6.7% of residents were born outside Australia, though this figure has risen slightly since 2011. The community's heritage is overwhelmingly rooted in British and Australian origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population claims Australian ancestry (46.2%), followed by English (39.4%), Irish (10.4%), and Scottish (9.2%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 84.6% of people born in Australia, the overseas-born population is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Small numbers of residents were born in the Philippines, England, New Zealand and India.
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 West Wyalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115158/west-wyalong/topic/ancestry-heritage