0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Watchupga · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people were born outside Australia in Watchupga, a trend that has remained steady since 2011. This sparsely populated area is almost entirely made up of people born in Australia, with the vast majority of residents claiming English, Australian, or Scottish ancestry.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 46.5% and 34.9% of the population respectively. Scottish and Irish roots are also present at 11.6% and 9.3%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No one in Watchupga was born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. This is much lower than most other similar areas.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Watchupga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22716/watchupga/topic/ancestry-heritage