12.8% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Redridge · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Redridge
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Cultural backgrounds in Redridge have remained steady over the last decade, with a strong lean towards traditional roots. Most people here claim English or Australian ancestry, while the proportion of residents born overseas stays well below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.7%, followed by Australian at 38.0% and Scottish at 11.4%. Irish and German backgrounds also feature, at 9.1% and 7.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the 27.7% national figure. Most residents were born in Australia (78.9%), with England (3.5%) and New Zealand (2.7%) being the most common other 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 Redridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32412/redridge/topic/ancestry-heritage