0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Waanyarra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Waanyarra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost no one in Waanyarra was born outside Australia, a trend that has remained steady since 2011. This makes the area far less diverse than most other parts of the state and country, with the vast majority of residents tracing their roots back to the UK and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 38.6%, followed by Australian (22.8%) and Scottish (12.3%). Dutch and Italian backgrounds are also present in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
None of the residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Consequently, 71.9% of the population was born in 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 Waanyarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22640/waanyarra/topic/ancestry-heritage