9.4% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bluewater · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bluewater
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Bluewater than in the rest of the state or country. Only 9.4% of the population was born outside Australia, and the vast majority of residents claim English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (44.3%) and Australian (43.1%) are the most common ancestries here, followed by Scottish and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas has fallen 3.8 points since 2011 to 9.4%, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (83.2%), with England and New Zealand as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Bluewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321018/bluewater/topic/ancestry-heritage