18.7% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Waterloo · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Waterloo
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher proportion of people in Waterloo were born overseas compared to similar areas. While the typical resident has English or Australian roots, about 18.7% of the population originally came from another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 45.0% and 42.1% of the population. Scottish ancestry is also notable at 14.6%, followed by Irish and German roots at 8.8% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18.7% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is well below the 22.7% seen across Queensland. Most people here were born in Australia (73.7%), with England (7.6%) and New Zealand (3.5%) being the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Waterloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33006/waterloo/topic/ancestry-heritage