7.1% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wycheproof · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wycheproof
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Wycheproof, where 38.1% of people claim these roots. The community is predominantly Australian-born and shares deep ties to British Isles origins, with a very small proportion of residents born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, followed by Irish (21%) and Scottish (20.5%) roots. German ancestry is also present at 2.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.1% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and much lower than most similar areas. This has barely changed since 2011, with 80.6% 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 Wycheproof [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221081/wycheproof/topic/ancestry-heritage