5.0% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bishops Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bishops Bridge
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small number of overseas births defines the modern makeup of Bishops Bridge, where the population has remained very stable in its roots. The vast majority of people here were born in Australia, with only 5% born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 51.8% and 43.1% of the people here. Scottish and Irish roots follow at 9.6% and 8.7% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Australia is the birthplace for 92.2% of residents, followed by England at 1.8% and New Zealand at 1.4%.
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 Bishops Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10379/bishops-bridge/topic/ancestry-heritage