6.5% ▲ +95.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Watchem · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Watchem
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small percentage of people born overseas live in Watchem, and this trend has remained stable since 2011. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with only 6.5% of residents arriving from another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 34.7% and Irish at 18.5%. Smaller groups include Scottish and Chinese ancestries, each at 2.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia (69.4%), while 4.0% were born in England.
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 Watchem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22714/watchem/topic/ancestry-heritage