9.7% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Watchman · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Watchman
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Watchman, where 64.5% of people claim these roots. Most residents have deep ties to the British Isles or Australia, with a small minority born outside the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Scottish roots are the most frequent, with 64.5% and 29% of people claiming those ancestries. Other common backgrounds include Australian at 25.8%, German at 22.6%, and Irish at 16.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.7% of people in Watchman were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national rate of 27.7%. The vast majority, 67.7%, were born in Australia.
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 Watchman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41544/watchman/topic/ancestry-heritage