8.4% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bridgenorth · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bridgenorth
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Bridgenorth compared to the rest of the country. Most residents here identify with English or Australian ancestry, creating a profile that is much more locally rooted than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 50.4%, followed by Australian at 40.9% and Irish at 13.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.4% of residents were born overseas, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and far below the Australian average of 27.7%. Australia is the birthplace for 86.4% of the population, while 4.5% were born in England.
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 Bridgenorth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60072/bridgenorth/topic/ancestry-heritage