10.5% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woodenbong · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woodenbong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shrinking share of overseas-born residents defines the recent trend in Woodenbong, where only 10.5% of people were born outside Australia. The area remains predominantly rooted in British and Australian heritage, with English and Australian ancestries making up the vast majority of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 41.8%, followed by Australian at 34.7%. Other notable roots include Scottish (11.6%), Irish (8.1%), and German (3.2%) ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.5% of residents were born overseas, a figure that fell 3.1 points since 2011 and sits far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (76.5%), with the next most common birthplaces being England (5.3%), New Zealand (1.1%), and the Philippines (1.1%).
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 Woodenbong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122151/woodenbong/topic/ancestry-heritage