32.9% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bedford · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bedford
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over 32% of people in Bedford were born overseas, making it one of the most internationally diverse areas at this level. This high overseas birth rate is reflected in a strong Italian presence, which appears in both the ancestry and birthplace data.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 31.3%, followed by Australian at 27.2%. Italian and Irish backgrounds are also significant, at 11.4% and 10.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas is 32.9%, which is well above the national figure of 27.7% and about the same as the Western Australian average. While 63.8% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, Vietnam, and New Zealand.
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 Bedford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50091/bedford/topic/ancestry-heritage