5.3% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bruarong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bruarong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Changing very little since 2011, Bruarong remains a community with deep roots in the UK and Ireland. While over 80% of residents were born in Australia, the area's heritage is strongly European, with English and Irish ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 37.7%, followed by Australian (25.4%), Irish (23.7%), and Scottish (21.1%) roots. A smaller group of residents also identify as Italian (5.3%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.3% of people were born overseas, which is much lower than most areas and far below the Victorian figure of 30.0%. Most residents were born in Australia (80.7%), with England (3.5%) being the most common overseas birthplace.
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 Bruarong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20358/bruarong/topic/ancestry-heritage