5.6% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wareek · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A tiny fraction of the population was born overseas, making Wareek far less diverse than the rest of Victoria. Only 5.6% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the state and national figures.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim English ancestry at 56.9%, followed by Australian at 48.6% and Irish at 15.3%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 83.3% of residents born in Australia, the overseas-born population is much lower than in most other areas. England is the most common birthplace outside Australia, accounting for 5.6% of the population.
5.6% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Wareek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22690/wareek/topic/ancestry-heritage