38.7% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ridgewood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ridgewood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 39% of people in Ridgewood were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This makes it one of the most internationally diverse areas of its kind, with a population that draws from a wide range of global backgrounds.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.4%, followed by Australian at 29.6%. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent, accounting for 9.3% and 8.7% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is 38.7%, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. While 55.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England (15.0%) and New Zealand (4.6%).
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 Ridgewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51296/ridgewood/topic/ancestry-heritage