15.7% ▲ +47.7%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wongan Hills · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wongan Hills
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common in Wongan Hills, with these two groups making up over 85% of the population. The area is predominantly born in Australia, though there has been a steady increase in people arriving from overseas in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 44.6%, followed closely by Australian at 41.0%. Other common roots include Scottish and Irish ancestries, each accounting for about 9% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has risen to 15.7% since 2011, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this figure remains far below the Western Australian and national totals, with 77.2% of people 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 Wongan Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521050/wongan-hills/topic/ancestry-heritage