5.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Weatherboard · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Weatherboard
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Weatherboard compared to most similar areas. The vast majority of the population was born in Australia, and those with overseas roots most often trace their family history back to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Irish, and Scottish are the most common ancestries in the area, with English being the most frequent at 40.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.8% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (82.7%), followed by England (7.7%).
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 Weatherboard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22732/weatherboard/topic/ancestry-heritage