12.6% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Waterfall · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Waterfall
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Waterfall compared to the rest of the country, with only 12.6% of residents born abroad. This reflects a community with deep roots in Australia and the United Kingdom, where English and Australian ancestries are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 45.6% and English at 40.8%. Scottish (14.8%) and Irish (10.9%) roots also feature prominently among the local population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.6% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (84.1%), followed by England, the Philippines, New Zealand 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 Waterfall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14200/waterfall/topic/ancestry-heritage