9.8% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bruce Rock · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bruce Rock
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far smaller share of people were born overseas in Bruce Rock compared to the rest of the state. Only 9.8% of the population was born abroad, which is much lower than the 32.2% seen across Western Australia. This creates a community where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 46.4% and 40.7% of the population respectively. Scottish, German, and Irish roots are also present in smaller numbers.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Almost 80% of people in Bruce Rock were born in Australia, a figure far above the national average. Of those born overseas, England is the most common place of birth at 2.8%, followed by New Zealand at 1.5%.
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 Bruce Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50196/bruce-rock/topic/ancestry-heritage