17.8% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wagait Beach - Mandorah · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wagait Beach - Mandorah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common identity in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), accounting for 38.9% of the population. The area has seen a significant shift in its makeup, with the proportion of people born overseas jumping from zero to 17.8% since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Residents identify strongly with British and Irish roots, with English ancestry at 38.4%, Irish at 15.4%, and Scottish at 13.5%. German ancestry also accounts for 4.7% of the group.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 17.8% of people born overseas is much higher than in most similar areas, though this is still well below the Northern Territory's 21.8% and Australia's 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (71.1%), followed by England (5.2%) and New Zealand (4.7%).
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 Wagait Beach - Mandorah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722034/wagait-beach-mandorah/topic/ancestry-heritage