5.0% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ridgley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ridgley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Ridgley compared to the rest of the state and country. While 27.7% of Australians were born abroad, only 5.0% of people in Ridgley were born outside Australia. This makes it a much more domestically born area than most other places.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 58.3% and English at 37.4%. Other notable groups include Scottish (11.0%), Irish (8.5%), and German (3.4%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 90.4% of residents were born in Australia, which is far below the Tasmania figure of 15.4% and the national figure of 27.7% for overseas births. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are England (2.2%) and New Zealand (1.2%).
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 Ridgley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60553/ridgley/topic/ancestry-heritage