41.7% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Waverley · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Waverley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common in Waverley, where 30.8% of people claim this heritage. The area is a diverse mix of backgrounds, with a very high proportion of residents born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 30.8% and 21.3% of the population. Irish (12%), Scottish (7.7%) and Italian (5.7%) backgrounds also feature strongly.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A high 41.7% of people were born overseas, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011, with England (8.2%) and South Africa (4.5%) being the most common birthplaces outside 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 Waverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18050/waverley/topic/ancestry-heritage