Where the British community lives in Wollongong
Kanahooka has the largest British community: 8.8% of residents were born in the UK. Kiama and Koonawarra follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 46 eligible Wollongong suburbs.
This page ranks Wollongong suburbs by where the British community is most established, using the 2021 Census. Suburbs are ordered by the share of residents who were born in the UK. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are ranked.
Other community pages show two or three census angles side by side — ancestry, country of birth, language spoken at home — but the ABS publishes only one for the British community, and a zero in place of a question that was never asked would read as an absence of people. Percentile ranks are computed within Wollongong's pool. This is descriptive demographic information, not a recommendation. The census publishes no British ancestry category — English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish are separate answers, and adding them together would invent a grouping the ABS never measured. Country of birth is the published British figure.
Where the British community lives in Wollongong
Ranked by the share of residents who were born in the UK in the 2021 Census, among suburbs with at least 2,000 residents.
Kanahooka
NSW 2530 · 5,698 residents9% born in the UK
Kiama
NSW 2533 · 7,904 residents8% born in the UK
Koonawarra
NSW 2530 · 3,732 residents7% born in the UK
Austinmer
NSW 2515 · 2,725 residents7% born in the UK
Thirroul
NSW 2515 · 6,348 residents7% born in the UK
Dapto
NSW 2530 · 10,954 residents7% born in the UK
Albion Park Rail
NSW 2527 · 6,920 residents6% born in the UK
Warilla
NSW 2528 · 6,226 residents6% born in the UK
Oak Flats
NSW 2529 · 6,840 residents6% born in the UK
Barrack Heights
NSW 2528 · 6,003 residents6% born in the UK
Lake Illawarra
NSW 2528 · 3,288 residents6% born in the UK
Windang
NSW 2528 · 2,610 residents6% born in the UK
Helensburgh
NSW 2508 · 6,576 residents5% born in the UK
Woonona
NSW 2517 · 12,374 residents5% born in the UK
Shellharbour
NSW 2529 · 3,520 residents5% born in the UK
Ranked from 46 qualifying suburbs.
Ranked on the share of residents born in the relevant country (ancestry fragments across sub-groups, so birthplace is the more reliable signal here) in the 2021 Census, percentile-ranked within Wollongong's candidate pool. Every suburb also shows all three census angles — ancestry, country of birth, and language spoken at home — because no single number captures a community on its own. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents qualify. Ancestry is a multiple-response question, so shares read as "residents who reported this ancestry", not an exclusive count. Descriptive ABS Census data, not a recommendation. See how we calculate for the full methodology.
Common questions about this ranking
How is this ranking put together?
Suburbs are ordered by the share of residents who were born in the UK. The census publishes no British ancestry category — English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish are separate answers, and adding them together would invent a grouping the ABS never measured. Country of birth is the published British figure. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are included, and percentile ranks are computed within Wollongong's pool, so the list reflects concentration relative to other metro suburbs.
Why is only one figure shown per suburb?
Other community pages show two or three census angles side by side, but the ABS publishes a fixed list of ancestries, birthplaces and languages, and they do not cover every community equally. We show the figures that exist rather than filling the gaps with a zero, which would read as an absence of people instead of an absence of a question.
How current is it?
The figures are from the 2021 Census, the most recent available until results from the August 2026 Census are released in 2027. The top 15 is recomputed whenever we refresh the census data.
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Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.