5.0% ▲ +88.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Waaia · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Waaia
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Waaia than in most other similar areas. Only 5% of the population was born outside Australia, which is much lower than the Victorian figure of 30%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (56%), English (34.3%), or Irish (8.3%) ancestry, with Scottish and German roots also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7%. About 87.6% of people here were born in Australia, while New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 1.9%.
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 Waaia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22639/waaia/topic/ancestry-heritage