9.8% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 95% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lyons · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lyons
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Lyons compared to the rest of the country. Only 9.8% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that is well below the Tasmanian average and far below the national rate. This creates a community with very strong ties to Australian and British roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, accounting for 46.1% and 43.7% of residents respectively. Other notable roots include Irish (9.5%) and Scottish (8.9%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The number of overseas-born residents has barely changed since 2011, remaining at 9.8%. This is much lower than the 15.4% seen across Tasmania, with 83.3% of the local population 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 Lyons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED605/lyons/topic/ancestry-heritage