4.5% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brighton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Brighton than in most similar areas. Only 4.5% of the population was born outside Australia, a figure that is far below both the state and national levels.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 48.3% and English at 47.0%. Other notable groups include Irish, Scottish, and German ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 92% of residents born in Australia, the 4.5% born overseas is far below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and the national figure of 27.7%. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 1.1%.
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 Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60075/brighton/topic/ancestry-heritage