38.8% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bruce · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bruce
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English is the most common ancestry in Bruce, where 28.6% of people claim these roots. The area has a very high proportion of residents born overseas, which helps explain why Chinese ancestry is also common at 11%. This blend makes the area far more internationally diverse than the typical Australian suburb.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common at 28.6% and 27%, followed by Chinese at 11%. Irish and Scottish roots are also notable, at 9.7% and 9.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 39% of people here were born overseas, a figure far above the national average of 27.7%. While 58.1% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are China at 6.3% and India at 4.9%.
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 Bruce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80028/bruce/topic/ancestry-heritage