22.1% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ridgeway · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ridgeway
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents have moved to Ridgeway since 2011. While the area remains predominantly Australian and English in its roots, over 22% of people were born in another country. This is well above the state average, though it remains lower than the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim English (46.4%), Australian (36.5%) or Scottish (13.5%) ancestry. German and Irish roots are also common, making up 9.5% and 5.9% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 22.1% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Tasmanian figure. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 8.1%, followed by China at 2.3%.
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 Ridgeway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60552/ridgeway/topic/ancestry-heritage