13.9% ▲ +107.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Waukivory · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Waukivory
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Waukivory claim Australian ancestry, making it the most common background in the area. The community is predominantly local in origin, though it has a higher share of overseas-born residents than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most frequent at 57.4%, followed by English at 34.3% and Scottish at 5.6%. Other common backgrounds include Irish and Italian ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 13.9% of residents were born overseas—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is still far below the 29.3% seen in New South Wales. Most people were born in Australia (83.3%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 11.1%.
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 Waukivory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14216/waukivory/topic/ancestry-heritage