12.6% ▲ +78.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cape Bridgewater · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cape Bridgewater
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly traditional roots shape the identity of Cape Bridgewater, where nearly half of all residents claim English ancestry. The area has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state, with 80.1% of the population born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English heritage is the most common, at 47%, followed by Australian ancestry at 29.8%. Irish and Scottish roots are also significant, each accounting for 15.9% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.6% of people were born overseas, a figure far below both the Victorian average of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of these residents come from England (6.6%) or New Zealand (3.3%).
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 Cape Bridgewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20469/cape-bridgewater/topic/ancestry-heritage