15.2% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Waugh Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Waugh Pocket
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian heritage dominate the roots of Waugh Pocket, where 67.4% of people claim one of these two ancestries. This local identity is shaped by a strong British influence, though the area remains far less diverse in birthplaces than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 41.3%, followed by Australian at 26.1% and Irish at 17.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 15.2% of residents were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 27.7%. More than half of the population was born in Australia, with England as the most frequent overseas birthplace at 8.7%.
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 Waugh Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33014/waugh-pocket/topic/ancestry-heritage