13.9% ▲ +54.0%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brightview · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brightview
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Brightview, where 43.4% of people claim this heritage. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, though the proportion of people born overseas has risen since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Along with 40.9% identifying as Australian, those with Irish (11.8%) and Scottish (11.4%) roots make up a significant part of the local population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 13.9% of residents were born overseas—a figure higher than in most similar areas—this is far below the national average of 27.7%. Most of those born outside Australia came from New Zealand (4.8%) or England (4.1%).
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 Brightview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321024/brightview/topic/ancestry-heritage