6.1% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bruthen · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few residents were born outside Australia in Bruthen, where a strong sense of ancestral heritage shapes the community. About 85% of people were born in Australia, with the remaining population drawing heavily from traditional British and Irish roots.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are almost equally common, each making up about 43% of the area. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for 12% and 10% respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.1% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Victorian rate of 30%. Outside of Australia, England is the most common birthplace at 2.4%.
6.1% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Bruthen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20364/bruthen/topic/ancestry-heritage