3.0% ▼ -45.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bridgewater · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bridgewater
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A tiny 3% of people in Bridgewater were born overseas, a figure far below the national and state levels. This makes the area much less diverse in its origins than most other parts of Australia. Most residents identify with British and Irish roots, which shapes the local ancestry profile.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 42.1%, followed by Australian at 38.3%, Scottish at 19.5%, and Irish at 12.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. This is much lower than most other areas, with 81.2% of the population born in Australia.
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 Bridgewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20333/bridgewater/topic/ancestry-heritage