15.9% ▲ +40.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Waranga Shores · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Waranga Shores
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much lower share of the population was born overseas in Waranga Shores compared to the state and national figures. While 15.9% of residents were born outside Australia, the area is mostly made up of people with English, Irish and Scottish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 40.4% and English at 38.5%. Other notable groups include Irish (14.3%), Scottish (11.5%) and German (6.1%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 15.9% of residents born overseas is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the Australian figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (76.8%), followed by China at 5.1%.
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 Waranga Shores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22687/waranga-shores/topic/ancestry-heritage