11.6% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wandiligong · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wandiligong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wandiligong compared to the rest of the country, with only 11.6% born outside Australia. This gap is much larger than the figures seen across Victoria and the nation. Most residents identify with English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (44.5%) and Australian (42.5%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish at 14.4% and Scottish at 10.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents rose 2.3 points since 2011 to reach 11.6%, though this remains far below the 30% seen in Victoria. Australia is the birthplace for 83.7% of the population.
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 Wandiligong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222098/wandiligong/topic/ancestry-heritage