20.8% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rivett · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rivett
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse cultural roots shape daily life in Rivett, where a strong British and Irish heritage blends with a significant overseas-born population. Most residents claim Australian or English ancestry, while about one in five people was born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, with 36.0% and 37.8% respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for 14.4% and 13.0% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20.8% of people in Rivett were born overseas, which is much higher than in most areas, though this is well below the figures for the ACT and Australia. The most common birthplaces outside Australia are England, India, and the Philippines.
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 Rivett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80115/rivett/topic/ancestry-heritage