11.8% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Meander Valley · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Meander Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Meander Valley compared to the rest of the country. Only 11.8% of residents were born abroad, which is well below the Tasmanian average and far below the national figure. This makes the area much more locally born than most of Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 46.5% and 44.1% of the population. Other significant roots include Irish at 9.8% and Scottish at 9.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 82.9% of people were born in Australia, the overseas-born population rose slightly by 1.4 percentage points since 2011. Those born abroad most often come from England, New Zealand, the Philippines and India.
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 Meander Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA64210/meander-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage