15.1% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Watanobbi · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Watanobbi
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Watanobbi than in most similar areas, though the overall figure remains quite low. While 15.1% of residents were born abroad, the community is dominated by those with English and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 39.1% and 38.6% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 8.8% and 8.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 15.1% of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (77.6%), followed by England, New Zealand, the Philippines and India.
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 Watanobbi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14199/watanobbi/topic/ancestry-heritage