25.0% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wattoning · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wattoning
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A quarter of the people in Wattoning were born overseas, creating a diverse mix of backgrounds in a small community. Most residents identify as Australian or English, though a significant number of people have roots in South Africa.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 45.8% and English at 37.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
One in four people was born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little below the national average of 27.7%, with 25% of the population born in 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 Wattoning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51551/wattoning/topic/ancestry-heritage