8.4% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Whitebridge · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Whitebridge
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Whitebridge compared to the rest of the state. Only 8.4% of residents were born outside Australia, which is a massive gap compared to the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This makes the area much less internationally diverse than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 43.3% and English at 41.9%. Scottish and Irish roots are also present, making up 12.6% and 12.5% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents were born in Australia, accounting for 87.6% of the population. This explains why the overseas birth rate is far below the national figure of 27.7%, with only small numbers of residents born in England, New Zealand, Italy or China.
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 Whitebridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14293/whitebridge/topic/ancestry-heritage