4.7% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Waverley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Waverley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.7% of people in Waverley were born overseas, making it far less diverse than most other areas. This is a community with deep local roots, where nearly half of the residents claim English ancestry and over half identify as Australian.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 50.3% and 46.2% of the population respectively. Other notable groups include Irish and Scottish ancestries, each at 7.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and the national average of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (88.3%), with very small numbers from New Zealand, England, India, and the Philippines.
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 Waverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60724/waverley/topic/ancestry-heritage