5.3% ▼ -56.1%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wongarbon · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wongarbon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 5.3% of people in Wongarbon were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This small proportion of overseas-born residents reflects a community with very deep local roots. Most people here identify as having Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by 37.4% of English descent. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also common, each accounting for 8.1% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas has fallen 6.7 percentage points since 2011 to just 5.3%. This is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia, with 86.6% of residents 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 Wongarbon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121122/wongarbon/topic/ancestry-heritage