43.9% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.9%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Waterways · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Waterways
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 44% of people in Waterways were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This high level of overseas birth is reflected in a diverse mix of ancestries, with English, Chinese, and Australian being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 19.8%, followed closely by Chinese at 18% and Australian at 17.4%. Other notable groups include Indian and Scottish ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far above the Victorian figure by 14 points and the national figure by 16 points. While 54.4% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China, India, Vietnam, and 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 Waterways [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22720/waterways/topic/ancestry-heritage