10.3% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bluewater · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bluewater
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for residents in Bluewater, where 45% of people claim this heritage. The area has a very strong connection to its roots, with the vast majority of people born in Australia or coming from a few key European backgrounds.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the population identifies as English, while 42.3% identify as Australian. Scottish, Irish, and German ancestries are also represented, making up 10.8%, 8.6%, and 5.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland (22.7%) and Australia (27.7%). Most residents were born in Australia (82.9%), with England and New Zealand being the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Bluewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30292/bluewater/topic/ancestry-heritage