5.9% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wyalong · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wyalong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people born overseas live in Wyalong, making it much lower than most similar areas. Just 5.9% of the population was born outside Australia, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (44.4%) or English (42.6%) ancestry. Irish (12.6%), Scottish (7.1%), and German (5.3%) roots are also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (84.3%), followed by New Zealand, the Philippines, India and England.
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 Wyalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122155/wyalong/topic/ancestry-heritage