6.6% ▼ -46.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Watheroo · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Watheroo
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 Watheroo, where 42.3% of people claim these roots. Most residents were born in Australia, and the area has a very low proportion of people born overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond English roots, 38% of people identify as Australian and 12.4% as Scottish. Irish and Italian ancestries also feature, at 9.5% and 4.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. While 78.8% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England and New Zealand, each at 3.6%.
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 Watheroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51547/watheroo/topic/ancestry-heritage