23.5% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bridgetown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bridgetown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in Bridgetown than in most similar areas, with 23.5% of residents coming from another country. While this is much higher than nearby towns, it remains well below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry here at 53.0%, followed by Australian at 35.9%. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent, each accounting for around 12% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The majority of residents were born in Australia (68.1%), but England is the most common overseas birthplace at 11.8%. This overseas-born population is well below the state average by 8.7 percentage points and the national figure by 4.2 points.
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 Bridgetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50180/bridgetown/topic/ancestry-heritage