9.0% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
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.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Waterloo than in most similar areas. While English and Australian ancestries are most common, over 13% of the population identifies as having Italian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 50%, followed by Australian at 33.3%. Other significant groups include Italian at 13.9%, Scottish at 12.5%, and Irish at 8.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (76.4%), with smaller numbers from England, the Philippines, and South Africa.
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/SAL51545/waterloo/topic/ancestry-heritage