22.3% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Watsonia North · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Watsonia North
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much lower share of residents were born overseas in Watsonia North compared to the state and national figures. While about 22.3% of people here were born abroad, this is well below the Victorian average of 30%. The community is primarily of Australian, English, and Italian descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 30.7% and English at 28.3%. Italian heritage is also prominent, accounting for 14.3% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 22.3% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the Australian figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (75.9%), followed by China, Italy, England and India.
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 Watsonia North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22722/watsonia-north/topic/ancestry-heritage