13.3% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brightwaters · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brightwaters
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Brightwaters compared to the rest of the state. Only 13.3% of the population was born outside Australia, which is a massive gap compared to the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This makes it a community with very strong domestic roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 47.9% and Australian at 40.1%. Other notable groups include Scottish at 14.6% and Irish at 11.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, accounting for 83.3% of the population. Among those born overseas, England is the most frequent birthplace at 3.2%, followed by New Zealand at 1.5%.
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 Brightwaters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10567/brightwaters/topic/ancestry-heritage