8.0% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woodstock · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woodstock
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Woodstock (L) than in the rest of the country, with only 8% born outside Australia. This small overseas-born population is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents here trace their roots back to English, Australian, and Irish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.3%, followed by Australian at 35.8% and Irish at 15.6%. Scottish and German roots are also represented at 14.4% and 3.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas fell by 4.6 percentage points since 2011 to reach 8.0%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most of the population was born in Australia (78%), with England (4%) and New Zealand (1.8%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Woodstock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122152/woodstock/topic/ancestry-heritage