45.8% ▲ +478.5%
Higher than 91% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bruce · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bruce
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost half of the people in Bruce were born overseas, which is among the highest proportions seen in similar areas. This shift is dramatic, as the share of overseas-born residents has climbed by 38 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common at 18.3% and 18.1% respectively, followed by Indian at 6.3% and Chinese at 6.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 45.8%, the share of people born overseas is far above the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 49.0% were born in Australia, India is the most common overseas birthplace at 5.8%.
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 Bruce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED204/bruce/topic/ancestry-heritage