8.9% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wyee · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wyee
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very high proportion of people in Wyee identify with traditional roots, with nearly half of the population claiming Australian ancestry. This deep connection to local and British heritage is reflected in a community where the vast majority of residents were born here in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 46.6% and 44.2%, followed by Scottish at 10.7% and Irish at 9.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.9% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. This has barely changed since 2011, and 88.4% of the population was 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 Wyee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115163/wyee/topic/ancestry-heritage