13.2% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cape Woolamai · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cape Woolamai
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Cape Woolamai as of the 2021 census, with the figure falling 4.2 percentage points since 2011. This sparsely populated area is now dominated by residents with English and Australian ancestry. Only 13.2% of people here were born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 39.5%, followed closely by Australian ancestry at 37.9%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, each accounting for 11.6% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 13.2%, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 30.0%. Three quarters of residents were born in Australia, while the next most common birthplaces are England and New Zealand.
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 Cape Woolamai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215019/cape-woolamai/topic/ancestry-heritage