9.1% ▼ -36.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Watsonville · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Watsonville
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Watsonville than in most similar areas. The community is predominantly Australian-born, with the vast majority of residents claiming roots in the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is most common at 57.4%, followed by English at 31.3%, and Irish and Scottish ancestries both at 10.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.1% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (81.8%), with England as the next most common birthplace at 3.4%.
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 Watsonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33008/watsonville/topic/ancestry-heritage