5.9% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bridgewater · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bridgewater
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly rooted European heritage shapes daily life in Bridgewater (L), where the vast majority of residents identify with English and Australian ancestry. This is a community with very few overseas-born residents, contributing to a distinct local identity tied to traditional family roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 42.2% and 38.1% of the population, followed by Irish and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and much lower than most areas. This proportion has also fallen since 2011, with 83.6% of the community born in Australia.
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 Bridgewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222009/bridgewater/topic/ancestry-heritage