17.7% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Waroona · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Waroona
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage for the 44.8% of people in Waroona who claim it. This heritage, along with those identifying as Australian, dominates the local family history in a town where most residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, while Italian (12.6%), Scottish (10.1%), and Irish (8.0%) also make up significant parts of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 17.7% of people here were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the national figure of 27.7%, with 75.4% of residents 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 Waroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51536/waroona/topic/ancestry-heritage